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Table 2 General practitioner’s decisions in case of a patient with heart failure symptoms: differences according to migration background

From: Medical decision making among patients with heart failure – does migration background matter?

 

Total (N = 128)

Patient with migration background (n = 64)

Patient without migration background (n = 64)

p*

Additional questions

 Lifestyle

46 (35.9%)

26 (40.6%)

20 (31.3%)

0.27

 Psychosocial aspects

63 (49.2%)

32 (50.0%)

31 (48.4%)

1.00

 Medical history

37 (28.9%)

21 (32.8%)

16 (25.0%)

0.33

 Diagnosis heart failure

99 (77.3%)

52 (81.3%)

47 (73.4%)

0.39

Examinations

 Auscultation of the lung

117 (91.4%)

61 (95.3%)

56 (87.5%)

0.21

 Auscultation of the heart

114 (89.1%)

59 (92.2%)

55 (85.9%)

0.40

 Measurement of blood pressure

105 (82.0%)

54 (84.4%)

51 (79.7%)

0.65

 Prescription of drugs

4 (3.1%)

3 (4.7%)

1 (1.6%)

0.62

Advice

 Rest

28 (21.9%)

17 (26.6%)

11 (17.2%)

0.28

 Risk behaviours

15 (11.7%)

7 (10.9%)

8 (12.5%)

1.00

 Behaviour in case of deterioration

25 (19.5%)

16 (25.0%)

9 (14.1%)

0.18

Referral

44 (34.4%)

27 (42.4%)

17 (26.6%)

0.09

  1. * significances (p-values) of Chi2-Test