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Table 2 GPs TPB intentions per country and group

From: Irrational prescribing of over-the-counter (OTC) medicines in general practice: testing the feasibility of an educational intervention among physicians in five European countries

 

Control group

Intervention group

 

Country/Measure

Baseline median (Min, Max)

Difference*: median (Min, Max)

Baseline median (Min, Max)

Difference*: median (Min, Max)

P-Value

Cyprus

     

GI

4.0

0.0

6.5

1.0

0.018

(3.0, 5.0)

(-1.0, 0.0)

(4.0, 7.0)

(0.0, 2.0)

IPS1

8.0

0.0

8.00

1.00

0.419

(6.0, 9.0)

(-1.0, 1.0)

(5.0, 10.0)

(0.00, 1.00)

IPS2

0.0

0.00

2.0

2.0

0.017

(0.0, 2.0)

(-1.0, 0.0)

(2.0, 7.0)

(0.0, 3.0)

No. of prescribed medicines

4 (2, 7)

0 (0, 0)

4 (2, 4)

0 (0, 0)

1.000

France

     

GI

4.5

0.0

4.5

0.5

0.707

(3.0, 6.0)

(-3.0, 1.5)

(3.0, 6.0)

(-1.0, 4.0)

IPS1

7.0

1.00

6.0

-0.5

0.209

(6.0, 9.0)

(-1.0, 2.0)

(6.0, 7.0)

(-3.0, 1.0)

IPS2

5.0

1.0

3.5

0.5

0.156

(3.0, 7.0)

(0.0, 2.0)

(2.0, 5.0)

(-3.0, 1.0)

No. of prescribed medicines

4 (2, 9)

-1 (-1, 2)

4 (2, 9)

-1 (-4, 2)

0.707

Greece

     

GI

3.5

0.0

4.0

1.0

0.351

(1.0, 6.0)

(-3.0, 3.5)

(2.5, 5.0)

(-1.5, 3.5)

IPS1

5.5

0.0

6.0

1.0

0.340

(2.0, 9.0)

(-3.0, 4.0)

(3.0, 8.0)

(0.0, 2.0)

IPS2

3.0

0.0

4.0

1.0

0.227

(0.0, 7.0)

(-2.0, 2.0)

(1.0, 8.0)

(-1.0, 4.0)

No. of prescribed medicines

4

0

3

0

0.477

(1, 6)

(-1, 1)

(1, 5)

(0, 0)

Malta

     

GI

4.0

0.5

4.3

1.0

0.108

(2.0, 7.0)

(-1.5, 1.5)

(2.0, 7.0)

(-1.00, 3.0)

IPS1

6.0

0.5

7.00

1.0

0.021

(3.0, 9.0)

(-1.0, 3.0)

(4.0, 9.0)

(1.0, 4.0)

IPS2

2.0

0.0

3.0

1.0

0.154

(0.0, 9.0)

(-1.0, 2.0)

(0.0, 10.0)

(-1.0, 6.0)

No. of prescribed medicines

3

1

3

1

0.152

(2, 4)

(-1, 1)

(2, 5)

(0, 3)

Turkey

     

GI

4.5

0.8

4.0

0.0

0.419

(2.50, 6.0)

(-3.0, 2.5)

(1.0, 6.0)

(-4.5, 2.0)

IPS1

7.5

0.0

8.0

1.0

0.549

(6.0, 10.0)

(-2.0 7.0)

(0.0, 9.0)

(-6.0, 4.0)

IPS2

4.5

0.5

3.0

1.0

0.804

(2.0, 9.0)

(-8.0, 8.0)

(0.0, 8.0)

(-5.0, 7.0)

No. of prescribed medicines

4

1

4

1

0.612

(2, 6)

(-1, 4)

(3, 7)

(0, 2)

  1. *Differences were computed for each measure by subtracting the scores after intervention from the baseline scores.