Table 5

Health education/prevention.

Author	Appointment length (mins)	Eligible consultations n	Item present n (%)	P
Roland 1986 (detected on audiotape)	5	220	14.5^a
	7.5	213	16.9^a	<0.001^b
	10	190	22.1^a

Wilson 1992 (detected on audiotape)	6	180	44 (24.4)	NS
	10	275	78 (28.4)

Extracted from medical record	6	1432	126 (8.8)	<0.001^c
	10	1411	218 (15.5)

Current smoker reporting advice^d	6	212	42 (19.8)	<0.01^c
	10	258	82 (31.8)
Discussion of diet^d	6	839	95 (11.3)	NS
	10	950	108 (11.4)
Discussion of alcohol^d	6	839	42 (5.0)	NS
	10	956	67 (7.0)

↵a Percentage consultations in which number of health education statements greater than oversall median percentage consultations with health education.
↵b χ² for trend.
↵c χ².
↵d From patient questionnaire.