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Table 2 Practice characteristics of survey responders vs. non-responders

From: Colorectal cancer screening using the faecal occult blood test (FOBt): a survey of GP attitudes and practices in the UK

Characteristic

Responders (%)

Non-responders (%)

All (%)

Significance

Randomisation/stratification group

Small/Deprived

217 (22.6)

572 (26.4)

789 (25.3)

X2 = 5.5

p = 0.141

Small/Affluent

253 (26.4)

531 (24.5)

784 (25.1)

 

Large/Deprived

240 (25.0)

531 (24.5)

771 (24.7)

 

Large/Affluent

250 (26.0)

529 (24.5)

779 (24.9)

 

IMD quartile

Quartile 1 (least deprived)

227 (23.6)

463 (21.4)

690 (22.1)

X2 = 10.3

p = 0.016

Quartile 2

276 (28.8)

597 (27.6)

873 (28.0)

 

Quartile 3

234 (24.4)

483 (22.3)

717 (23.0)

 

Quartile 4 (most deprived)

223 (23.2)

620 (28.7)

843 (27.0)

 

GP count

Single handed

68 (7.1)

243 (11.2)

311 (10.0)

X2 = 16.2

p = 0.003

2 to 4 GPs

495 (51.6)

1,056 (48.8)

1,551 (49.7)

 

5 to 7 GPs

249 (25.9)

524 (24.2)

773 (24.8)

 

8 to 10 GPs

115 (12.0)

239 (11.0)

354 (11.3)

 

11 or more GPs

33 (3.4)

101 (4.7)

134 (4.3)

 

White British %

Less than 20

1 (0.1)

18 (0.8)

19 (0.6)

X2 = 14.1

p = 0.007

20 to 39

29 (3.0)

89 (4.1)

118 (3.8)

 

40 to 59

55 (5.7)

174 (8.1)

229 (7.3)

 

60 to 79

106 (11.0)

229 (10.6)

335 (10.7)

 

80 to 100

769 (80.1)

1,651 (76.4)

2,420 (77.5)

 

Not known

0 (0.0)

2 (0.1)

2 (0.1)

 

Practice setting

Hamlet

5 (0.5)

12 (0.5)

17 (0.6)

X2 = 12.5

p = 0.131

Village

62 (6.4)

96 (4.3)

157 (5.0)

 

Town and fringe

142 (14.8)

306 (13.7)

436 (14.0)

 

Urban

751 (78.2)

1,814 (81.3)

2,510 (80.4)

 

Not known

0 (0.0)

3 (0.1)

3 (0.1)

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