Recruiting general practitioners for palliative care research in primary care: real-life barriers explained

BMC Primary Care

Table 3 Overview recruitment process per project area and in total^a

	Area 1	Area 2	Area 3	Area 4	Area 5	Total
Total number of GPs^b	649 (100%)	500 (100%)	1561 (100%)	760 (100%)	595 (100%)	4065 (100%)
Number of GPs individually contacted^c (% of total number of GPs)	151 (23%)	103 (20%)	452 (29%)	52 (6,8%)	29 (4,9%)	787 (19%)
Number of GPs contacted face-to-face^d (% of total number of GPs)	128 (19%)	89 (18%)	130 (8%)	30 (3,9%)	21 (3,5%)	398 (9,8%)
Number of GPs having signed^e (% of total number of GPs)	43 (6,6%)	19 (3,8%)	22 (1,4%)	25 (3,3%)	3 (0,5%)	112 (2,8%)
Number of GPs delivering data^f (% of total number of GPs)	25 (3,8%)	6 (1,2%)	12 (0,7%)	21 (2,7%)	1 (0,2%)	65 (1,6%)
Number of GPs including patients (% of total number of GPs)	6 (0,92%)	2 (0,40%)	1 (0,06%)	3 (0,39%)	0	12 (0,29%)
Number of patients^g	6	5	1	11	0	24

^a In the interpretation of these results it is important to remember the differences in time frame, with Area 1 having the longest time for implementation and Area 5 the shortest. See ‘Summary of the pro-Spinoza project’
^b All GPs received a letter from the NIHD, and many GPs received a mail from their PCN and/or GP circle
^c Contact via individualised email, phone call or large scale educational session
^d Contact via focus group, small scale educational session (< 15 participants), or office visit
^e GPs who signed the agreement to participate, regardless of effective participation
^f GPs who delivered at least one content, mostly their base line questionnaire
^g Of the 24 patients included, 15 were included by 3 very active GPs in Areas 2 and 4, the other GPs included only 1 patient. For 16 patients, the main pathology is known: 4 with chronic heart failure, 4 with dementia, 4 with frailty, 3 with terminal cancer and 1 with mixed cardiorespiratory failure

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