Table 1. Baseline characteristics of participating GPs, including pre-intervention numbers of vitamin testing
CharacteristicTotalIntervention group
Strategy 1(GP only)Strategy 2(GP and patient)P value
Health centres, n 261313
GPs,n 15878800.85
Male, n (%)47 (30)25 (32)22 (28)0.72
Population, n 195 39497 65897 7360.99
SES, mean (range)a 0.26(−2.58–2.06)0.53(−2.40–2.06)0.21(−2.58–1.66)0.48
Vitamin D tests pre-intervention, n 17 52710 27772500.30
Vitamin D/1000 patients pre-intervention, n (range)88
(12–262)
102
(32–262)
75(12–150)0.22
Vitamin B12 tests pre-intervention, n 12 304724250620.36
Vitamin B12/1000 patients pre-intervention, n (range)59
(7–198)b
69
(7–198)
49
(15–156)
0.21
GPs who followed e-learning, n (%) 76 (48)28 (36)48 (60)0.11
GPs present at first training session, n (%) 50 (32)26 (33)24 (30)0.86
GPs present at second training session, n (%) 50 (32)24 (31)26 (33)0.85
  • aSES data, linked by four digital postal codes to location of health centre.17 bMean difference Utrecht-Rotterdam = –60 (95% CI = –94 to –26), P = 0.06. SES = socioeconomic status.