Table 1.
Factor loading1 | ICC2 | |
Factor 1: "Primary care responsibility"(Eigenvalue 3.98, 24.9% of variance explained)-mean scores | 0.40 | |
"Not too time pressured to take on epilepsy care" | 0.785 | 0.37** |
"GP has primary responsibility for organising follow up care" | 0.769 | 0.13 |
"Epilepsy care not too difficult to organise" | 0.767 | 0.19* |
"Epilepsy care not a specialist responsibility" | 0.732 | 0.34** |
"Epilepsy care should be based in general practice" | 0.684 | 0.44** |
"Annual structured review should be carried out in primary care" | 0.657 | 0.10 |
Factor 2: "Medication skills"(Eigenvalue 2.74, 17.1% of variance explained) | 0.35 | |
"Comfortable adjusting dose of medication" | 0.724 | 0.31** |
"GP responsible for adjusting treatment if more fits" | 0.718 | 0.25* |
"Comfortable adjusting type of medication" | 0.655 | 0.17 |
p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01
1 (based on mean GP scores per practice)
2 (based on individual GP scores in practices with >1 respondent)