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Table 3 GP practice and patient recruitment with regard to IMD decile of GP postcode

From: Recruitment to a large scale randomised controlled clinical trial in primary care: the Helicobacter Eradication Aspirin Trial (HEAT)

 

IMD decile of GP practice postcode1

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Percentage of total GP practices recruited

10.5

10.6

11.0

10.8

11.1

10.1

10.2

8.5

8.4

8.7

Mean2 percentage of patients invited from each practice who expressed an interest

13.7 ± 6.2

15.2 ± 6.8

16.7 ± 6.6

17.9 ± 6.9

18.9 ± 7.2

21.9 ± 8.0

22.8 ± 7.7

22.5 ± 6.8

23.6 ± 6.9

23.6 ± 7.5

Mean2 percentage of patients invited from each practice who consented

10.1 ± 5.3

12.2 ± 6.1

13.6 ± 6.2

14.3 ± 6.8

15.2 ± 6.5

17.8 ± 6.9

18.2 ± 6.8

18.1 ± 6.5

18.5 ± 6.9

18.6 ± 6.5

Mean2 percentage of consented patients who were H. pylori-positive

26.5 ± 19.5

22.8 ± 17.4

20.5 ± 16.0

20.5 ± 16.0

20.2 ± 14.3

20.1 ± 17.6

19.4 ± 13.3

15.4 ± 9.1

15.7 ± 9.1

15.2 ± 8.5

Percentage of total randomised participants

8.7

10.1

10.5

10.6

11.7

9.8

11.4

8.2

9.2

9.8

  1. 1IMD deciles: 1 = most deprived, 10 = least deprived
  2. 2Values shown are mean ± SD