Table 3. Proportion of primary care physicians delivering the twelve recommended measures of preventive care, stratified by gender and age group.
Characteristics | Men (n = 318) |
Women (n = 191) |
Age <55 (n = 250) |
Age >55 (n = 266) |
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% | 95% CI % | % | 95% CI % | p-value | % | 95% CI % | % | 95% CI % | p-value | |
Blood pressure measurement (at least once per year) | 98.4 | 97.1–99.8 | 98.4 | 96.7–100 | 0.7139 | 98.8 | 97.5–100 | 98.1 | 96.5–99.8 | 0.7886 |
Weight measurement (at least once) | 85.8 | 82.0–89.7 | 91.6 | 87.7–95.6 | 0.0717 | 87.6 | 83.5–91.7 | 88.7 | 84.9–92.5 | 0.7964 |
Height measurement (at least once) | 51.9 | 46.4–57.4 | 55.5 | 48.4–62.5 | 0.4847 | 53.6 | 47.4–59.8 | 53.0 | 47.0–59.0 | 0.9629 |
Screening for dyslipidemia | 76.7 | 72.1–81,4 | 74.3 | 68.2–80.5 | 0.6161 | 76.0 | 70.7–81.3 | 75.2 | 70.0–80.4 | 0.9108 |
Screening for at-risk drinking (at least once) | 54.4 | 48.9–59.9 | 70.7 | 64.2–77.1 | 0.0004 | 62,4 | 56.4–68.4 | 57.9 | 52.0–63.8 | 0.3399 |
Advice to decrease drinking for at-risk drinkers | 67.0 | 61.8–72.1 | 66.5 | 59.8–73.2 | 0.9871 | 70.4 | 64.7–76.1 | 63.5 | 57.7–69.3 | 0.1182 |
Screening for smoking (at least once) | 93.4 | 90.7–96.1 | 97.9 | 95.9–99.9 | 0.0387 | 96.4 | 94.1–98.7 | 94.0 | 91.1–96.8 | 0.2838 |
Advice to stop smoking for smokers | 94.3 | 91,8–96.9 | 96.3 | 93.7–99.0 | 0.4255 | 94.8 | 92.0–97.6 | 95.5 | 93.0–98.0 | 0.8737 |
Screening for colorectal cancer | 83.6 | 79.6–87.7 | 81.7 | 76.2–87.2 | 0.6522 | 84.4 | 79.9–88.9 | 82.0 | 77.3–86.6 | 0.5328 |
Screening for prostate cancer | 75.8 | 71.1–80.5 | 80.6 | 75.0–86.2 | 0.2465 | 83.2 | 78.6–87.8 | 71.4 | 66.0–76.9 | 0.0021 |
Annual influenza vaccine for patients ≥ 65 years | 90.9 | 87.7–94.0 | 88.5 | 84.0–93.0 | 0.4714 | 91.6 | 88.2–95.0 | 88.0 | 84.1–91.9 | 0.2254 |
Annual influenza vaccine for at-risk patients < 65 years | 38.7 | 33.3–44.0 | 35.6 | 28.8–42.4 | 0.5487 | 39.6 | 33.5–45.7 | 35.3 | 29.6–41.1 | 0.3634 |