Percentage of primary care doctors who would give different types of advicea at the first consultation to a patient presenting with coronary heart disease by sex and age of patient.
| Percentage of doctors who would give advice (95% CI) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex of patient | Age of patient | ||||||
| Types of advice | All doctorsb | Malec | Femalec | P-value | 55 yearsc | 75 yearsc | P-value |
| Diet | 54 (48 to 60) | 52 (44 to 61) | 56 (48 to 65) | 0.530 | 52 (43 to 60) | 57 (48 to 66) | 0.380 |
| Smoking | 43 (38 to 49) | 51 (43 to 59) | 36 (28 to 44) | 0.013 | 52 (43 to 60) | 35 (27 to 43) | 0.006 |
| Alcohol consumption | 27 (22 to 32) | 28 (21 to 36) | 26 (18 to 33) | 0.662 | 32 (25 to 40) | 22 (14 to 29) | 0.060 |
| Relaxation | 8 (5 to 11) | 8 (3 to 12) | 8 (3 to 12) | 1.00 | 7 (2 to 12) | 9 (4 to 13) | 0.638 |
| Physical exercise | 7 (4 to 11) | 7 (3 to 12) | 8 (3 to 12) | 0.809 | 9 (4 to 13) | 6 (2 to 11) | 0.468 |
↵aBased on detailed coding of the responses given by primary care doctors to the question: ‘Based on the information presented in this case, would you advise the patient about his/her lifestyle or behaviour today? What would you advise? Anything else?’
↵b(n = 256).
↵c(n = 128).
Social class of patient was only significantly related at the P<0.05 level in the case of advice about diet and physical exercise (see Supplementary table 2).