Table 2 General practitioners' stated reasons for withdrawing from the study
POSTAL QUESTIONNAIRE | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | New South Wales | Victoria | Queensland | South Australia | Western Australia | TOTAL | ||||||
| Â | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % |
Not enough time/Too busy | 37 | 25.5 | 23 | 38.3 | 35 | 35.7 | 9 | 18.0 | 7 | 19.4 | 111 | 28.5 |
Not enough patients | 13 | 9.0 | 7 | 11.7 | 7 | 7.1 | 3 | 6.0 | 1 | 2.8 | 31 | 8.0 |
Difficulty recruiting patients | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Patients didn't like questions/questionnaire | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.3 |
No staff support | 2 | 1.4 | 1 | 1.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2.8 | 4 | 1.0 |
No colleague support | 1 | 0.7 | 1 | 1.7 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 2.0 | 1 | 2.8 | 5 | 1.3 |
Problems with creating patient list | 11 | 7.6 | 3 | 5.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 2.0 | 3 | 8.3 | 19 | 4.9 |
Other | 13 | 9.0 | 8 | 13.3 | 11 | 11.2 | 5 | 10.0 | 5 | 13.9 | 42 | 10.8 |
No reason | 68 | 46.9 | 16 | 26.7 | 43 | 43.9 | 31 | 62.0 | 18 | 50.0 | 176 | 45.2 |
Total | 145 | 100.0 | 60 | 100.0 | 98 | 100.0 | 50 | 100.0 | 36 | 100.0 | 389 | 100.0 |
PRACTICE AUDIT | ||||||||||||
| Â | New South Wales | Victoria | Queensland | South Australia | Western Australia | TOTAL | ||||||
| Â | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % |
Not enough time/Too busy | 11 | 35.5 | 9 | 50.0 | 3 | 23.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 42.9 | 26 | 32.5 |
Not enough patients | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5.6 | 2 | 15.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 3.8 |
Difficulty recruiting patients | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 7.7 | 2 | 18.2 | 1 | 14.3 | 4 | 5.0 |
Patients didn't like questions/questionnaire | 2 | 6.5 | 1 | 5.6 | 3 | 23.1 | 1 | 9.1 | 2 | 28.6 | 9 | 11.3 |
No staff support | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No colleague support | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 7.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1.3 |
Problems with creating patient list | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Other | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No reason | 18 | 58.1 | 7 | 38.9 | 3 | 23.1 | 8 | 72.7 | 1 | 14.3 | 37 | 46.3 |
Total | 31 | 100.0 | 18 | 100.0 | 13 | 100.0 | 11 | 100.0 | 7 | 100.0 | 80 | 100.0 |
TOTAL | ||||||||||||
| Â | New South Wales | Victoria | Queensland | South Australia | Western Australia | TOTAL | ||||||
| Â | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % |
Not enough time/Too busy | 48 | 27.3 | 32 | 41.0 | 38 | 34.2 | 9 | 14.8 | 10 | 23.3 | 137 | 29.2 |
Not enough patients | 13 | 7.4 | 8 | 10.3 | 9 | 8.1 | 3 | 4.9 | 1 | 2.3 | 34 | 7.2 |
Difficulty recruiting patients | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.9 | 2 | 3.3 | 1 | 2.3 | 4 | 0.9 |
Patients didn't like questions/questionnaire | 2 | 1.1 | 2 | 2.6 | 3 | 2.7 | 1 | 1.6 | 2 | 4.7 | 10 | 2.1 |
No staff support | 2 | 1.1 | 1 | 1.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2.3 | 4 | 0.9 |
No colleague support | 1 | 0.6 | 1 | 1.3 | 2 | 1.8 | 1 | 1.6 | 1 | 2.3 | 6 | 1.3 |
Problems with creating patient list | 11 | 6.3 | 3 | 3.8 | 1 | 0.9 | 1 | 1.6 | 3 | 7.0 | 19 | 4.1 |
Other | 13 | 7.4 | 8 | 10.3 | 11 | 9.9 | 5 | 8.2 | 5 | 11.6 | 42 | 9.0 |
No reason | 86 | 48.9 | 23 | 29.5 | 46 | 41.4 | 39 | 63.9 | 19 | 44.2 | 213 | 45.4 |
Total | 176 | 100.0 | 78 | 100.0 | 111 | 100.0 | 61 | 100.0 | 43 | 100.0 | 469 | 100.0 |