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. 2020 May 19;37(5):641–647. doi: 10.1093/fampra/cmaa049

Table 1.

Descriptive data from the selections by the two tools from the two general practices at the start of the data collection in 2016

SQ (n = 67) SPICT
Step 1: preselection by the GPIS (n = 501) Step 2: final selection by the GP (n = 101)
Sex
 Male 19 (28%; 19–40%) 206 (41%; 37–45%) 33 (33%; 24–42%)
 Female 48 (72%; 60–81%) 295 (59%; 55–63%) 68 (67%; 58–76%)
Age (years)
 <60 0 (0%; 0–4%) 105 (21%; 18–25%) 0 (0%; 0–2%)
 60–69 4 (6%; 2–14%) 133 (27%; 23–31%) 10 (10%; 5–17%)
 70–79 10 (15%; 8–25%) 117 (23%; 20–27%) 21 (21%; 14–29%)
 >80 53 (79%; 68–87%) 146 (29%; 25–33%) 70 (69%; 60–78%)
Disease
 Cancer 29 (43%; 32–55%) 260 (52%; 48–56%) 42 (42%; 32–51%)
 Dementia 20 (30%; 20–41%) 39 (8%; 6–10%) 29 (29%; 21–38%)
 Heart failure 16 (24%; 15–35%) 35 (7%; 5–9%) 23 (23%; 15–32%)
 CVA 10 (15%; 8–25%) 50 (10%; 8–13%) 17 (17%; 11–25%)
 COPD 10 (15%; 8–25%) 43 (9%; 6–11%) 13 (13%; 7–20%)
 Renal failure 21 (31%; 21–43%) 125 (25%; 21–29%) 34 (34%; 25–43%)
 Liver disease 0 (0%; 0–4%) 7 (1%; 1–3%) 0 (0%; 0–2%)
 Neurological disease 5 (7%; 3–16%) 13 (3%; 1–4%) 6 (6%; 3–12%)
Overlap selections
 Also selected by:
  SQ 67 (100%) 61 (12%) 58 (57%)
  SPICT—selection from GPIS 61 (91%) 501 (100%) 101 (100%)
  SPICT—selection by GP 58 (87%) 101 (20%) 101 (100%)

Absolute numbers (percentage; 95% confidence interval).