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Table 4 Time spent by facilitators — 28 practices that completed the PF intervention by March 2020

From: Implementing practice facilitation in research: how facilitators spend their time guiding practices to improve blood pressure control

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Type of contact or activity

Number of observations

Mean # of minutes per observation (SDc)

Median # of minutes per observation

Range of minutes per observation

Mean time spent per practice in minutes (hours)

Range of minutes (hours)

PF1 UAB 1

(4 practices)

Drive time

52

111 (20)

120

70–150

1448.8 (24.1)

990–1725 (16.5–28.8)

On-site

51

74 (40)

60

30–300

946.3 (15.8)

705–1190 (11.8–19.8)

Phone/email

69

17 (7)

20

5–45

301.3 (5)

220–430 (3.7–7.2)

Remote access

0

0

0

0

0

0

PF2 UAB 2

(11 practices)

Drive time

156

149 (57)

150

20–240

2110 (35.2)

960–3510 (16–58.5)

On-site

155

83 (31)

75

10–240

1163.6 (19.4)

910–1430 (15.2–23.8)

Phone/email

639

17 (11)

15

5–115

995 (16.6)

705–1295 (11.8–21.6)

Remote access

2

25 (0)

25

25–25

25 (0.4)

25–25 (0.4–0.4)

PF3 ECU

(8 practices)

Drive time

119

117 (83)

70

40–300

1810 (30.2)

720–3600 (12–60)

On-site

114

94 (34)

90

15–190

1342.5 (22.4)

1135–1885 (18.9–31.4)

Phone/email

78

27 (26)

20

5–120

268.1 (4.5)

95–450 (1.6–7.5)

Remote access

3

75 (40)

60

45–120

112.5 (1.9)

45–180 (0.8–3)

PF4 UNC

(5 practices)

Drive time

59

137 (65)

120

60–270

1614 (26.9)

610–2640 (10.2–44)

On-site

60

102 (53)

90

10–240

1226 (20.4)

785–1860 (13.1–31)

Phone/email

275

13 (8)

10

5–60

740.4 (12.3)

690–857 (11.5–14.3)

Remote access

0

0

0

0

0

0