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Table 1 Characteristics of the 82 general practitioners investigators of the study

From: Home blood pressure monitoring and adherence in patients with hypertension on primary prevention treatment: a survey of 1026 patients in general medicine in the Auvergne region

 

Sample

Overalla

p

(n = 82)

(n = 1263)

Male sex

53 (64.6)

755 (59.8)

0.38

Age (years)

51.4 ± 11.0

52.7 ± 11.2

0.31

Department

  

0.06

  Allier

15 (18.3)

312 (24.7)

 

  Cantal

14 (17.1)

140 (11.1)

 

  Haute-Loire

7 (8.5)

199 (15.8)

 

  Puy-de-Dôme

46 (56.1)

612 (48.4)

 

Group practice

58 (70.7)

681 (53.9)

0.003

Clinical tutor

25 (30.5)

199 (15.8)

0.001

Urban locationb

59 (72.0)

878 (69.5)

0.64

HBPM device

60/73 (82.2)

-

-

Self-measurement forms given by GPs

24/73 (32.9)

-

-

  1. Data are presented as frequencies (percentages) or as mean ± standard deviation
  2. GP General practitioners, HBPM Home blood pressure measurement
  3. aGeneral practitioners located in the Auvergne region in 2016 (data from the French national medical council)
  4. bUrban location: more than 2500 inhabitants