Table 1

Characteristics of intervention and control groups in hospital and nursing homes, response rates, participants at ‘Meeting Point’ and ‘follow-up’ meetings

City-based university hospitalSectionWardsStaff (n)Response 2013 
T1 n (%)
Response 2014
T2 n (%)
Response 2015
T3 n (%)
Participants
Meeting Point seminar 1
Participants Meeting Point seminar 2Participants Meeting Point seminar 3Participants Follow up-meetings
InterventionInternal medicinePulmonary medicine5231 (60)26 (50)22 (42)33141712
Emergency medicineEmergency219 (43)13 (62)6 (28)1711143
ControlInternal medicineRenal medicine5240 (78)25 (48)23 (44)1
Internal medicineInfection medicine4629 (63)22 (48)17 (37)2
Emergency medicineEmergency4638 (83)31 (67)22 (48)1
n=217147 (68)117 (54)91 (42)50253320