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Figures
- Figure 1.
Recruitment process for clinics and patient–physician dyads. FPTU, Family Practice Teaching Unit.
- Figure 2.
Recruitment periods for participating family practices
- Figure 3.
Flow diagram of dyad recruitment. FPTU, Family Practice Teaching Units.
Tables
Quebec Ontario TOTAL MDs 78 (77) 39 (57) 117 (69) Residents 91 (67) 68 (88) 159 (75) Data are number (%).
MD and Resident Characteristics Quebec Ontario Total Mean age ± SD 35.2 ± 10.6 37.6 ± 9.6 35.4 ± 10.9 Sex (n) Male 49 50 99 Female 120 57 177 SD, standard deviation.
Quebec Ontario Total Patients solicited (n) 247 183 430 Ineligible patients (n) 4 5 9 Refusals (n) 74 68 142 Withdrawals (n) 1 2 3 Participating patients (n) 167 109 276 Patients who completed data collection at 2-week follow-up (n) 159 106 265 Patient recruitment rates (%) 67.6 59.6 64.6 Reasons for Refusal to Participate Quebec Ontario Total Patients (%) Time constraints 38 38 76 51 Not interested 16 14 30 20 Recording the encounter is an issue 8 3 11 7 Does not feel comfortable 4 5 9 6 Encounter too personal 2 5 7 5 Language 3 2 5 3 Others 3 7 10 8 Site Mean Age of Participating Patients (Years) Estimated Mean Age of Patients Who Refused to Participate (Years) Quebec 48.05 ± 18.4 48.65 ± 20.6 Ontario 55.34 ± 15.56 50.56 ± 17.8 Total 50.7 ± 17.8 49.6 ± 19.3 Site Sex of Participating Patients Sex of Patients Who Refused to Participate Female Male Female Male Quebec 126 41 62 16 Ontario 65 44 50 25 Total 191 85 112 41 Patients (%) 69 31 73 27 Data are numbers of patients unless otherwise indicated.
