Table 5.

Community linkages

Satisfaction with the exchange of information with:*	T0 (n = 109) mean (SD)	Tx1 (n = 85) mean (SD)	Tx2 (n = 85) mean (SD)	Wilcoxon matched pair test, p-valuea	Test-retest reliability: Spearman rho
					r	p-valueb
Other GP practices	2.35 (0.94)	2.39 (0.98)	2.20 (0.95)	0.04	0.62	< 0.01
Specialist practices	2.31 (0.77)	2.35 (0.84)	2.33 (0.72)	0.75	0.62	< 0.01
Psychotherapists	3.13 (0.95)	3.02 (0.98)	3.09 (1.03)	0.67	0.60	< 0.01
Physiotherapists/occupational therapists	2.95 (0.83)	2.59 (0.82)	2.67 (0.89)	0.32	0.52	< 0.01
Nursing homes	2.46 (0.86)	2.50 (0.89)	2.60 (0.95)	0.31	0.55	< 0.01
Medical supply stores	2.80 (0.87)	2.77 (0.85)	2.83 (0.89)	0.47	0.62	< 0.01
Pharmacies	2.14 (0.95)	2.09 (0.92)	2.13 (0.97)	0.75	0.59	< 0.01
Hospitals	2.50 (0.85)	2.50 (0.81)	2.57 (0.77)	0.35	0.58	< 0.01
Rehabilitation facilities	2.57 (0.86)	2.56 (0.83)	2.55 (0.83)	0.87	0.50	< 0.01

* Five-point scale ranging from 1 "very satisfied" to 5 "very unsatisfied"

^a Statistical significance of differences: P ≤ 0.05; ^b Statistical significance of differences: P ≤ 0.01

T_x1, T_x2, measurement points for the re-test