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Table 4 GPs' classifications of case vignettes

From: General practitioners' reasoning when considering the diagnosis heart failure: a think-aloud study

 

CV2

CV6

CV3

CV5

CV4

CV1

 

CHF

CHF

CHF

Not CHF

Not CHF

Not CHF

Total number of arguments used by the GPs (proportion of arguments for CHF)

60 (98%)

52 (75%)

54 (85%)

57 (44%)

63 (70%)

63 (75%)

Number of GPs classifying the patient as CHF

15

11

11

3

6

11

Uncertain, no classification

0

2

2

3

3

1

Correct diagnoses of CHF cases and not CHF cases (proportion of correct diagnoses)

37/45 (82%)

18/45 (40%)

Correct diagnoses, all judgements (proportion of correct diagnoses)

55/90 (61%)

  1. The GPs' classification of the case vignettes and the number of arguments used by the group of GPs. Cells with bold numbers indicate correct judgements. (CV = case vignette, CHF = chronic heart failure)