Actions undertaken | Information assessed | Information given to the patient | Advice given to the patient | ||||||||||||
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Blood pressure | Auscultation | Weight | Alcohol consumption | Cigarette consumption | Physical activity | High blood pressure | Hyperchol-esterolaemia | Hyperglycaemia | Overweight | Nutrition | Weight loss | Exercise | Alcohol consumption | Cigarette consumption | |
Agreement between GPs and patients | |||||||||||||||
% agreement | 94.2 | 81.8 | 90.3 | 80.5 | 86.6 | 71.3 | 94.7 | 96.6 | 97.6 | 90.2 | 84.9 | 89.6 | 82.9 | 98.0 | 94.2 |
% (SD) | 0.84 (0.04)a | 0.61 (0.04)a | 0.81 (0.04)a | 0.24 (0.05)a | 0.65 (0.04)a | 0.36 (0.04)a | 0.66 (0.04)a | 0.48 (0.04)a | 0.49 (0.04)a | 0.57 (0.04)a | 0.36 (0.04)a | 0.56 (0.04)a | 0.34 (0.04)a | 0.66 (0.04)a | 0.63 (0.04)a |
Educational level (years of education) and agreement between GPs and patients | |||||||||||||||
A-level and higher (≥12), % (n) | 94.0 (249) | 83.5 (249) | 89.2 (249) | 79.6 (142) | 84.7 (216) | 73.6 (201) | 96.5 (255) | 95.3 (255) | 99.2 (254) | 93.7 (255) | 89.1 (257) | 93.0 (257) | 83.3 (257) | 98.8 (257) | 96.1 (257) |
Up to GCSE (6.11), % (n) | 92.3 (182) | 79.1 (182) | 92.8 (181) | 75.5 (110) | 84.7 (157) | 71.1 (152) | 94.2 (189) | 97.4 (189) | 97.4 (189) | 88.9 (189) | 84.0 (188) | 88.4 (189) | 86.2 (189) | 95.7 (188) | 90.0 (189) |
No qualification (<6), % (n) | 96.5 (113) | 83.9 (112) | 87.6 (115) | 90.5 (84) | 91.3 (103) | 70.0 (100) | 90.4 (115) | 97.4 (115) | 94.8 (115) | 84.4 (155) | 76.5 (117) | 83.5 (115) | 74.8 (115) | 99.1 (115) | 97.4 (115) |
P-value | 0.348 | 0.426 | 0.284 | 0.026 | 0.235 | 0.767 | 0.065 | 0.463 | 0.026 | 0.015 | 0.07 | 0.018 | 0.035 | 0.061 | 0.009 |
GCSE = general certificate of secondary education. SD = standard deviation.
↵a P<0.001.