Table 2. Characteristics of participating GPs.

Physician characteristics	FG 1 (1)	FG 2	FG 3	FG 4	FG 5	FG 6	Total
Gender
Female	2	3	1	2	2	5	15
Male	6	4	6	6	2	2	26
Age categories
< 40	2	2	1	0	1	2	8
[40–60[	4	3	5	3	3	4	22
60 and over	2	2	1	5	0	1	11
Practice area
Rural	2	0	4	1	0	0	7
Semi-rural	4	1	1	4	0	3	13
Urban	2	6	2	3	4	4	21
Mode of practice
Individually	4	1	2	5	2	2	16
Collectively (2)	4	6	5	3	2	5	25
Number of devices (3)
0	1	0	0	0	1	3	5
1	0	3	3	4	0	4	14
[2 à 5]	5	4	4	4	3	0	20
≥5	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
Loaning of the device provided by the healthcare system? (4)
yes	8	7	7	8	4	2	36
no	0	0	0	0	0	5	5

⁽¹⁾ medical practice with only one doctor

⁽²⁾ medical practice is composed of several GPs

⁽³⁾ number of blood pressure monitors available from the general practitioner for a loan for his patients

⁽⁴⁾ a blood pressure device was made available to each GP by the French health insurance and was intended for HBPM by patients