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Table 3 Demographics of survey respondents

From: Relational coordination amongst health professionals involved in insulin initiation for people with type 2 diabetes in general practice: an exploratory survey

 

Physician

Diabetes nurse educator (DNE)

General practitioner (GP)

Practice nurse

Total

Number returned (% of total respondents)

27 (15.1%)

621 (34.6%)

46 (25.7%)

44 (24.6%)

179

Years in practice median (interquartile range)

12.5 (5.5-20)

10 (5-20)

22 (18-30)

5 (3-10)

 

Setting worked within Number (% of health professional group)

Outpatients

18 (67%)

24 (38%)

1 (2.2%)

0 (0%)

 

CHC

1 (3.7%)

20 (32%)

7 (15%)

2 (4.7%)

Private

17 (63%)

15 (24%)

1 (2.2%)

3 (7.0%)

General Practice

0 (0%)

22 (35%)

38 (83%)

38 (88%)

Primary location of work (RA level [57]2) Number (% of health professional group)

1

17 (63%)

29 (46%)

31 (67%)

30 (70%)

 

2

9 (33%)

21 (33%)

9 (20%)

9 (21%)

3

0

11 (18%)

5 (11%)

1 (2.3%)

4

0

0

1 (2.2%)

1 (2.3%)

5

0

0

0

1 (2.3%)

Model of care most frequently worked within for initiation of insulin Number (% of health professional group)

General practice based care

1 (3.6%)

7 (11.3%)

22 (50%)

28 (65.1%)

 

GP with a special interest in diabetes

0

0

3 (6.8%)

0

 

Diabetes Nurse Educator

2 (7.1%)

42 (67.7%)

7 (15.9%)

10 (23.3%)

 

Specialist - Shared Care

8 (28.6%)

1 (1.6%)

8 (18.2%)

3 (7.0%)

 

Specialist- Outreach3

1 (3.6%)

0

0

2 (4.7%)

 

Specialist- Routine care

16 (57.1%)

12 (19.4%)

4 (9.1%)

0

 
  1. 1Two respondents stated that they worked as both DNEs and practice nurses and were classed as DNEs for the purposes of analysis given their extended training.
  2. 2The Remoteness Area (RA) Classification system allows quantitative comparisons between city and rural Australia. The five RAs are: RA1- major cities, RA2-inner regional, RA3- outer regional, RA4- remote Australia and RA5- very remote.
  3. 3One physician indicated working most frequently in both outreach and routine care.