Finally, the standardised treatment protocols allowed for treatment to be tailored to individual patient's needs regarding pain and depression while maintaining high standards of care, qualifications and practice experience.
The practitioners were categorised according to their qualification and duration of practice (years in practice after graduation or post-graduation).
In treatment and diagnosis cases, the training, qualifications and the practice of a practitioner will be examined closely to decide if a practitioner has failed to provide the required standard of care.
Chi-square tests were performed to determine the significance of differences in the awareness of risk factors and stroke scales in male and female physicians and in physicians with different academic qualifications, practice durations, and practice locations.
In this study, 153 81.0%) of the participants reported awareness about the use of stem cells in dentistry which was significantly associated with qualification and type of practice.
However it was essentially qualification and type of practice that were significantly associated with awareness about stem cell use in dentistry.
GPs (n=23) selected for recruitment to the original study varied in age, gender, length of time since qualification and nature of practice (location, size and involvement with dispensing or training).
Overall, 21 GPs (organised in solo practices) agreed to participate and the Hamburg study centre formed seven groups of three GPs matched for physician age, gender, and qualification (family practice versus internal medicine).
Pre-study-visit (1): the practice team will be introduced into the trial procedures, qualification of practice staff and research capacities building and documentation will be checked.
Each focus group began with a round of introductions including information about age, location and structure of practice, years of work in practice, CAM qualification and focus of interest.
