Sex (male) | 29 (41.4%)b | 28 (41.2%)d |
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Age (years) | 53.8 (5.97)d | 52.1 (7.13)e |
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Size of town where practice located | d | d |
2500–30 000 inhabitants | 10 (14.7%) | 13 (19.1%) |
30 001–200 000 inhabitants | 10 (14.7%) | 11 (16.2%) |
>200 000 inhabitants | 48 (70.6%) | 44 (64.7%) |
Primary care physician list size | 1581 (166.02)f | 1538 (244.95)g |
Year doctor qualified | 1983 (5.84)b | 1984 (7.07)e |
Time working at the health centre (months) | 87.1 (46.20)b | 79.8 (45.3)d |
Average time spent per patient <10 minutesa | 39 (55.7%)b | 41 (60.3%)d |
Relationship with mental health team (good/very good) | 48 (70.6%)d | 36 (53.7%)e |
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Satisfaction with support from mental health team | c | d |
Very dissatisfied/dissatisfied | 15 (21.7%) | 14 (20.6%) |
Neither dissatisfied nor satisfied | 19 (27.5%) | 25 (36.8%) |
Satisfied/very satisfied | 35 (50.7%) | 29 (42.6%) |
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Ease and familiarity with handling antidepressants | b | d |
Very uncomfortable/uncomfortable/neither uncomfortable nor comfortable | 10 (14.3%) | 18 (26.5%) |
Comfortable/very comfortable | 60 (85.7%) | 50 (73.5%) |
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Relationship with primary care nurses (good/very good) | 62 (88.6%)b | 59 (86.8%)d |
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Active role of primary care nurse with patients with mental health disorders | b | d |
Strongly disagree/disagree | 22 (31.4%) | 30 (44.1%) |
Neither disagree nor agree | 23 (32.9%) | 20 (29.4%) |
Agree/strongly agree | 25 (35.7%) | 18 (26.5%) |
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Relationship with primary care social workers (good/very good) | 49 (70%)b | 45 (66.2%)d |
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Active role of primary care social worker with patients with mental health disorders | b | d |
My team has no primary care social worker | 6 (8.6%) | 8 (11.4%) |
Strongly disagree/disagree | 16 (22.9%) | 14 (20.0%) |
Neither disagree nor agree | 23 (32.9%) | 27 (38.6%) |
Agree/strongly agree | 24 (34.3%) | 18 (25.7%) |
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Style of professional practice | | |
Job satisfaction (range 4–20) | 16.44 (2.32)b | 16.09 (2.32)d |
Perception workload (range 4–20) | 14.67 (2.74)e | 14.26 (3.65)d |
Biomedical versus psychosocial orientation (range 4–20) | 10.25 (2.96)d | 10.38 (3.56)d |
Extraversion (EPQR-A) Low (0 to 4 score) | 35 (51.5%)d | 38 (57.6%)f |
Neuroticism (EPQR-A) Low (0 to 4 score) | 67 (95.7%)b | 64 (95.5%)e |
Psychoticism (EPQR-A) Low (0 to 4 score) | 68 (98.6%)c | 63 (94.0%)e |
Long-term contract (yes) | 65 (92.9%)b | 63 (92.6%)d |
Accredited to train residents (yes) | 37 (52.9%)b | 37 (54.4%)d |
Training fourth-year resident (yes) | 25 (35.7%)b | 24 (35.3%)d |
Training first-year resident (yes) | 17 (24.6%)c | 16 (22.9%)e |
Three-to-four year postgraduate training (yes) | 41 (58.6%)b | 42 (61.8%)d |
Member of the Communication & Health group (yes) | 6 (8.6%)b | 5 (7.4%)d |