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. 2018 Sep 21;13:122. doi: 10.1186/s13012-018-0814-x

Table 3.

Awareness and prevalence of “Making Every Contact Count” (by healthcare professional group)

Healthcare professional group
Question General practitioners Specialist doctors Nurses and health visitors Midwives Ambulance staff Scientific, therapeutic and technical staff Nurses working in GP practices Support to clinical staff Other HCHS staff/unknown classifications
(Awareness)
 Before today, had you heard of the Making Every Contact Count consensus statement? (Yes) 57/331 (17.2%) 38/121 (31.4%) 171/421 (40.6%) 18/41 (43.9%) 4/19 (21.1%) 93/263 (35.4%) 37/87 (42.5%) 14/47 (29.8%) 2/14 (14.3%)
(Prevalence)
 Of the service users you see in a typical working week, what proportion do you think would benefit from you Making Every Contact Count? M = 44.15% (SD = 29.55) M = 54.88% (SD = 29.23) M = 61.42% (SD = 31.25) M = 71.61% (SD = 29.47) M = 55.30% (SD = 34.25) M = 58.41% (SD = 33.24) M = 68.07% (SD = 29.59) M = 68.37% (SD = 30.87) M = 81.75% (SD = 23.42)
 Of the service users you see in a typical working week, who you think would benefit, with what proportion do you Make Every Contact Count? M = 33.97% (SD = 22.49) M = 47.84% (SD = 32.09) M = 59.81% (SD = 31.09) M = 71.40% (SD = 23.28) M = 35.10% (SD = 19.84) M = 54.40% (SD = 35.01) M = 65.36% (SD = 26.75) M = 63.22% (SD = 34.07) M = 70.40% (SD = 27.41)
 Of the service users you see in a typical working week who you think would benefit, how much of their appointment time do you spend with them making every contact count? M = 20.09% (SD = 18.24) M = 27.86% (SD = 27.41) M = 44.83% (SD = 31.91) M = 48.04% (SD = 33.87) M = 38.44% (SD = 25.65) M = 36.98% (SD = 34.46) M = 53.90% (SD = 32.36) M = 58.90% (SD = 34.21) M = 35.60% (SD = 25.15)