Reference group | CME Participating group | Comparison between groups | ||||||
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N = 121 | N = 81 | |||||||
MAAA | Before | After | Before vs. after | Before | After | Before vs. after | RR1/RR0 (p*) | |
% (n) | % (n) | RR0 (p*) | % (n) | % (n) | RR1 (p*) | |||
What is the likelihood that a 50-year-old patient having cancer at the time you choose to refer the patient to a cancer fast-track pathway? | 2–10 % | 29.8 (36) | 38.8 (47) | 1.31 (<0.001) | 23.5 (19) | 65.4 (53) | 2.79 (<0.001) | 2.13 (0.009) |
What is the likelihood that a patient aged 40 years or more, who is smoker, has lung cancer the second time s/he presents with haemoptysis in your practice? | 5–20 % | 33.1 (40) | 34.7 (42) | 1.05 (0.698) | 33.3 (27) | 58.0 (47) | 1.74 (0.010) | 1.63 (0.160) |
What is the likelihood that a patient aged 40 years or more has colorectal cancer the first time that s/he presents with unintended weight loss and new onset of constipation in your practice? | 2–6 % | 8.3 (10) | 9.9 (12) | 1.19 (0.039) | 6.2 (5) | 28.4 (23) | 4.6 (<0.001) | 3.83 (0.055) |
What is the likelihood that a lung cancer cannot be detected on a chest x-ray at the time of diagnosis? | ≥15 % | 81.8 (99) | 86.0 (104) | 1.05 (0.741) | 76.5 (62) | 81.5 (66) | 1.06 (0.243) | 1.07 (0.309) |
What is the proportion of patients with colorectal cancer who presented an alarm symptom as the first sign of the disease to his/her general practitioner? | ≤60 % | 81.8 (99) | 86.0 (104) | 1.05 (0.449) | 82.7 (67) | 90.1 (73) | 1.09 (0.006) | 1.04 (0.614) |
What is the proportion of patients with ovarian cancer who can be detected by a pelvic examination (palpation) in general practice at the time of diagnosis? | ≤41 % | 90.0 (110) | 94.2 (114) | 1.04 (0.078) | 85.2 (69) | 92.6 (75) | 1.09 (0.012) | 1.05 (0.322) |