Table 1.

Main characteristics of the study population, study sites, and pre-post differences with regard to the impact of the use of scribes on provider experience.

	Pre		Post		Sample
	N	%	N	%	N	%	p for χ2
Clinical site
Academic tertiary	26	48.1	21	42.9	47	47.0	0.59
Academic community	28	51.9	28	57.1	56	54.4
Years in this practice
0–5	32	59.3	28	57.1	60	58.3	0.83
>5	22	40.7	21	42.9	43	41.7
Clinical activity (hours per month)
≤40	16	30.8	24	50.0	40	38.8	0.10
41–80	30	57.7	18	36.7	48	46.6
>80	6	11.5	7	14.3	13	12.6
Ever used scribes
Yes	3	5.6	49	100.0	52	50.5	<0.01
No	51	94.4	0	0.0	51	49.5
Dictation frequency
Rarely	39	72.3	45	91.9	84	81.6	0.02
Sometimes	8	14.8	2	4.1	10	9.7
Frequently	7	13.0	2	4.1	9	8.7
Total sample	54	100.0	49	100.0	103	100.0