| General practitioners | Practice nurses | Nurse practitioners | District nurses | Overall |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
% Who typically performs ABI measurement within General Practices? | 5.2 (5/95) | 50.5 (48/95) | 7.4 (7/95) | 9.5 (9/95) | 72.6% |
[remaining 27.3% referred to secondary care (15.8%) or DN teams not based within General Practices (11.6%)] | |||||
% who consider themselves or are considered by colleagues to be competent at ABI measurements | 11 | 48 | 56 | 60 | 32 |
Training | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  • % of General Practices with staff trained for ABI measurement | 3 | 30 | 4 | 5 | 42 |
  • % of respondents who currently undertake ABI measurement and have received ABI training | 20 | 64 | 43 | 100 | 65 |
ABI Methodology | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
% who correctly identified ABI method and equipment according to current guidelines: | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  • All respondents | 38 | 71 | 80 | 100 | 61 |
  • Respondents currently undertaking ABI measurement | 0 | 68 | 80 | 100 | 66 |
(breakdown of individual assessment points below) | |||||
  1. % who would rest patients prior to ABI measurement |  |  |  |  |  |
   • All respondents | 65 | 93 | 100 | 100 | 82 |
   • Respondents currently undertaking ABI measurement | 0 | 89 | 100 | 100 | 81 |
[reasons for not resting patients: lack of time 76% (13:17); not considered necessary 24% (4:17)] | |||||
  2. % who identified correct equipment used for Brachial SBP measurement |  |  |  |  |  |
   • All respondents | 80 | 93 | 80 | 100 | 87 |
   • Respondents currently undertaking ABI measurement | 80 | 96 | 100 | 100 | 95 |
  3. % who said they would measure the brachial SBP in both arms |  |  |  |  |  |
   • All respondents | 86 | 93 | 100 | 100 | 87 |
   • Respondents currently undertaking ABI measurement | 20 | 93 | 100 | 100 | 86 |
  4. % who identified correct equipment used for Ankle SBP measurement |  |  |  |  |  |
   • All respondents | 88 | 96 | 100 | 100 | 93 |
   • Respondents currently undertaking ABI measurement | 80 | 96 | 100 | 100 | 86 |
  5. % who said they would assess more than one foot/ankle arteries |  |  |  |  |  |
   • All respondents | 83 | 93 | 100 | 100 | 90 |
   • Respondents currently undertaking ABI measurements | 60 | 93 | 100 | 100 | 91 |
  6. % who said they would calculate ABI by dividing the highest ankle SBP by the higher brachial SBP |  |  |  |  |  |
   • All respondents | 46 | 75 | 100 | 100 | 67 |
   • Respondents currently undertaking ABI measurements | 20 | 79 | 100 | 100 | 77 |
% who experience difficulty locating ankle/foot pulses | 54 | 59 | 40 | 100 | 59 |
% who experience difficulty maintaining position of Doppler probe whilst simultaneously pumping up BP cuff | 39 | 33 | 20 | 20 | 33 |