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Table 1 Comparison of survey completers and dropouts on socio-demographic and background characteristics

From: Training on domestic violence and child safeguarding in general practice: a mixed method evaluation of a pilot intervention

Variable

Categories

Total n = 82

Dropouts n = 45

Completers n = 37

P

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Gender

Female

55 (67)

27 (60)

28 (76)

0.16

Male

27 (33)

18 (40)

9 (24)

 

Age

<25-34

16 (20)

12 (27)

4 (11)

0.09

35-44

23 (28)

13 (29)

10 (27)

 

45-54

25 (30)

9 (20)

16 (43)

 

55-64

18 (22)

11 (24)

7 (19)

 

Job title

GP

63 (77)

34 (76)

29 (78)

0.52

Nurse

14 (17)

8 (18)

6 (16)

 

Admin/ manager

2 (2)

2 (4)

0 (0)

 

Other

3 (4)

1 (2)

2 (5)

 

Years of practice

0-9

20 (24)

15 (33)

5 (13)

0.08

10-20

24 (29)

13 (29)

11 (30)

 

>21

38 (47)

17 (38)

21 (57)

 

Safeguarding role

No

61 (79)

33 (79)

28 (80)

1.00

Yes

16 (21)

9 (21)

7 (20)

 

IRIS trained

No

47 (61)

38 (90)

9 (26)

<0.001

Yes

30 (39)

4 (10)

26 (74)

 

Geographic area

South

54 (66)

18 (40)

36 (97)

<0.001

Midlands

28 (34)

27 (60)

1 (3)

 
  1. Note: Proportions are reported for available data. IRIS Identification and Referral to Improve Safety training, SD standard deviation, P p-value for the Fisher’s exact test