Table 3.
Characteristics of initial consultations
| Intervention group | Control group | Mean difference between intervention and control (95% CI) | |||||||
| Practice 1 (n=10) |
Practice 2 (n=8) |
Practice 3 (n=4) |
Intervention total (n=22) |
Practice 4 (n=7) |
Practice 5 (n=9) |
Practice 6 (n=7) |
Control total (n=23) |
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| Duration of initial consultation (mins) mean (SD) | 24.1 (4.0) | 23.3 (4.4) | 19.9 (6.2) | 23.0 (4.6) | 14.3 (4.8) | 25.2 (5.7) | 16.3 (4.1) | 19.2 (6.9) | 3.88 (−3.25 to 11.01) |
| Dyadic OPTION scores mean (SD) | 65.3 (9.0) | 63.2 (6.4) | 62.5 (3.6) | 64.0 (7.2) | 63.5 (13.0) | 62.7 (4.0) | 42.1 (20.4) | 56.6 (16.2) | 7.57 (−6.37 to 21.50) |
| CollaboRATE scores mean (SD) | 7.8 (1.0) | 8.5 (0.9) | 8.8 (0.2) | 8.2 (1.0) | 7.0 (2.6) | 8.6 (0.7) | 8.7 (0.6) | 8.1 (1.8) | 0.20 (−1.06 to 1.47) |
| GP:patient word count ratio mean (SD) | 1.23 (0.40) | 1.41 (0.78) | 1.50 (1.05) | 1.35 (0.67) | 1.13 (0.45) | 1.92 (0.75) | 1.39 (0.52) | 1.52 (0.67) | −0.14 (−0.65 to 0.37) |
GP, general practitioner.