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Table 4 Patients’ top five list” among 15 care procedures with sub-groups analyses according to the number of consulted guides

From: Implementation of a top five list to identify medical overuse in general practice according to patients’ viewpoint in 2019 in France

Care procedures

TOTAL

(n = 691)

Among the participants who opened all the guides (n = 106)

Among the participants who opened only 5 guides (n = 271)

Among participants who opened at least 10 guides

(n = 183)

Antibiotics

1

1

1

1

Benzodiazepine

2

4

3

3

Homeopathic

3

2

2

2

Antitussive or expectorant

4

8

4

5

Statins

5

3

5

4

Tramadol

6

7

6

7

Lumbar scanner

7

5

8

6

NSAIDa

8

9

7

8

Proton pump inhibitors

9

6

9

9

PSAb

10

10

11

10

Mammography

11

14–15 ex aequo

10

14

Cholinesterase inhibitors and memantin

12

11

12

12–13 ex aequo

Vasodilatator agents

13

13

13

12–13 ex aequo

DPP4 inhibitorc

14

12

14

11

Allopurinol

15

14–15 ex aequo

15

15

  1. a Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory
  2. b Prostate specific antigen
  3. c Dipeptidyl peptidase 4 inhibitors