Table 6.
Predicted mean QUOTE scores and effect size of patients from GPs receiving training, feedback and tailored interventions (intervention group, N = 198) or training and feedback (control group, N = 246) based on multilevel linear regression analysis on imputed data, from baseline to 3 and 6 months
| Group | Baseline | 3 months | 6 months | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | 95% CI | Mean | 95% CI | ES | p value | Mean | 95% CI | ES | p value | ||
| Accessibility of care | Intervention | 3.68 | (3.45, 3.92) | 3.61 | (3.35, 3.87) | +0.2 | 0.263 | 3.72 | (3.44, 4.00) | +0.4* | 0.038 |
| Control | 3.49 | (3.25, 3.73) | 3.25 | (2.98, 3.51) | 3.19 | (2.92, 3.46) | |||||
| Emotional support | Intervention | 3.04 | (2.86, 3.22) | 3.05 | (2.84, 3.25) | +0.2 | 0.341 | 3.21 | (2.99, 3.44) | +0.3 | 0.143 |
| Control | 3.10 | (2.93, 3.27) | 2.96 | (2.76, 3.16) | 3.04 | (2.83, 3.24) | |||||
| Patient-centred care | Intervention. | 3.29 | (3.14, 3.44) | 3.21 | (3.04, 3.38) | +0.2 | 0.294 | 3.31 | (3.12, 3.50) | +0.1 | 0.642 |
| Control | 3.28 | (3.14, 3.42) | 3.07 | (2.91, 3.23) | 3.23 | (3.07, 3.40) | |||||
| Quality of care | Intervention | 2.84 | (2.66, 3.02) | 2.85 | (2.64, 3.06) | +0.1 | 0.599 | 3.03 | (2.81, 3.26) | +0.1 | 0.525 |
| Control | 2.86 | (2.68, 3.04) | 2.80 | (2.60, 3.00) | 2.96 | (2.75, 3.16) | |||||
| Information and advice | Intervention | 3.21 | (3.03, 3.38) | 3.12 | (2.92, 3.32) | +0.0 | 0.842 | 3.48 | (3.26, 3.70) | +0.5* | 0.013 |
| Control | 3.29 | (3.12, 3.45) | 3.17 | (2.98, 3.37) | 3.18 | (2.98, 3.38) | |||||
| Self-help advice | Intervention | 2.77 | (2.57, 2.97) | 2.85 | (2.62, 3.09) | +0.1 | 0.649 | 2.99 | (2.73, 3.24) | +0.2 | 0.311 |
| Control | 2.86 | (2.67, 3.06) | 2.87 | (2.64, 3.09) | 2.89 | (2.66, 3.12) | |||||
QUOTE QUality Of care Through the Eyes of the patient, ES effect size of pretest-posttest-control group design using pooled pretest standard deviation.
*p < 0.05, where p is the significance level of the group × time interaction term.