Table 1 Demographic details of full questionnaire respondents versus those providing minimum data sets
Variable | Category | Response type | Statistic (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
MDS (n = 470) | Completed questionnaire (n = 835) | |||
Gender | Male | 247 (53%) | 401 (49%) | OR 1.00 |
Female | 219 (47%) | 417 (51%) | OR 1.17 (0.93,1.47) | |
Practice area deprivation | Most deprived | 121 (26%) | 181 (22%) | OR 0.63 (0.45,0.89) |
Second most deprived | 106 (23%) | 156 (19%) | OR 0.62 (0.44,0.88) | |
Mid-deprived | 85 (18%) | 202 (24%) | OR 1.00 | |
Second least deprived | 84 (18%) | 160 (19%) | OR 0.80 (0.56,1.16) | |
Least deprived | 73 (16%) | 135 (16%) | OR 0.78 (0.53,1.14) | |
Practice type | Urban | 254 (56%) | 449 (54%) | OR 1.00 |
Semi-rural | 155 (34%) | 275 (33%) | OR 1.00 (0.78,1.29) | |
Rural | 43 (10%) | 103 (13%) | OR 1.36 (0.92,2.00) | |
Mean (SD) years since qualification | 21.6 (10.0) | 18.4 (10.3) | Mean difference = -3.24 (−4.41,-2.07) | |
Mean (SD) no of GPs in respondent’s practice | 6.4 (3.7) | 6.4 (3.2) | Mean difference = <0.01 (−0.38,0.39) | |
Information only requested in questionnaire | ||||
Type of GP | GP partner | - - - | 656 (79%) | |
Salaried GP | - - - | 151 (18%) | ||
Locum GP | - - - | 20 (2%) | ||
Other | - - - | 5 (1%) | ||
GP with special interest in musculoskeletal conditions | - - - | 50 (6%) | ||
Received postgraduate education which contained education about CKP | - - - | 319 (39%) | ||
Personal experience of CKP | - - - - | 166 (20%) | ||