Table 1.
Individual GP and practice characteristics
| Individual GP Characteristics (n = 28) | |||
| Female (%) | 14 (50) | ||
| Median age (range) | 43 (33 to 60) | ||
| Years since qualified as doctor, median (range) | 19 (10 to 37) | ||
| Years as a GP median (range) | 12 (2 to 33) | ||
| Number of GPs with psychiatry training as part of GP training rotation (%) | 19 (68) | ||
| Number of GPs with extra psychiatric training/experience as locum or psychiatry trainee (%) | 4 (14) | ||
| Individual practice characteristics (n = 20) | |||
| Antidepressant volumes in DDD/1000 patients, n (GPs) | Low = 9 (10) | Medium = 4 (6) | High = 7 (12) |
| Number of GP partners, n (GPs) | Small (single handed) = 1 (1) | Medium (2-3 GPs) = 10 (13) | Large (≥4 GPs) = 9 (14) |
| Deprivation, n (GPs) | Low = 6 (6) | Medium = 5 (7) | High = 9 (15) |
| Training practice, n (GPs) | Yes = 10 (16) | No = 10 (12) | |
DDD defined daily doses. DDDs are units of measurement defined by the World Health Organization as ‘the assumed average maintenance dose per day for a drug used for its main indication in adults’. DDDs do not necessarily reflect the recommended or prescribed daily dose but allow a convenient method to compare prescribing volumes between organisations [59]