Characteristic | Patients, n (%) | GPs, n (%) |
---|---|---|
Total number | 14 (100) | 10 (100) |
Sex | ||
Male | 9 (64) | 4 (40) |
Female | 5 (36) | 6 (60) |
Age, years | ||
16–24 | 2 (14) | – |
25–64 | 11 (79) | – |
≥65 | 1 (7) | – |
Highest educational attainment | ||
Secondary school | 1 (7) | – |
Further education | 4 (29) | – |
Higher education | 9 (64) | – |
Date of qualificationa | ||
1970–1979 | – | 3 (30) |
1980–1989 | – | 5 (50) |
1990–1999 | – | 0 |
2000–2009 | – | 2 (20) |
Practice list size (range) | 5293–15 762a | 5293–15 762 |
Participant email use | ||
Duration of email use | ||
Minimum, months | 2 | 6 |
Maximum, years | 4 | 7 |
Frequency of email use | ||
Per episode of care | 3–10 | Not known |
Per month | 2–10 | 0–31 |
Type of email use | ||
Standard email | 13 | 9 |
Web messaging | 1 | 2 |
↵a Five patients chose not to disclose the name of their general practice and so it was not possible to determine practice size. Range presented is for the other nine patients.