Table 1

Baseline characteristics of the study sample

Practice nurses

GPs

Patients

N

20

20

20

Mean age (range)

41.3 (29–56)

43.5 (33–57)

56 (40–78)

Years of working experience in general practice (range, mean)

13–35 (21.7)

8–19 (11.3)

Longest duration of chronic disease (Mean/ (SD))

17 (9.3)

Number of chronic diseases (Mean/(SD))

2.9 (1.1)

Rosemann et al. BMC Family Practice 2006 7:14   doi:10.1186/1471-2296-7-14