Table 2.

Descriptive statistics

Physicians’ variables	Female physicians (N= 26)					Male physicians (N= 35)					t-test

	n	Mean	SD	Min	Max	n	Mean	SD	Min	Max	t
Age	25	50.5	9.1	33	70	33	51.6	8.1	39	65	0.99

Years since graduation, n	25	23.5	9.1	3	42	33	25.8	8.2	13	40	1.98^d

Years since beginning medical practice, n	25	23.4	8.4	10	41	33	24.6	8.1	13	40	1.17

Years since beginning private practice, n	25	12.5	8.8	1	33	33	16.6	10.1	2	34	3.29^e

Physician’s clinical experience (years)	25	27.5	8.4	14.8	46.5	33	29.7	8.4	17	44.5	1.98^d

Working time (%)	25	72.8	17.8	48	100	33	95.2	10.2	60	100	12.11^e

Patients’ satisfaction with consultation^a	104	4.7	0.8	1	5	140	4.8	0.7	1	5	0.30

Patients’ evaluation of consultation quality^b	104	4.2	1.1	1	5	140	4.2	1.2	1	5	0.21

Patient’s trust in physician^c	104	4.6	0.5	3.25	5	140	4.6	0.6	2.5	5	0.78

Patients’ variables	Female patients (N= 122)					Male patients (N = 122)					t-test

	n	Mean	SD	Min	Max	n	Mean	SD	Min	Max	t
Age	122	57.3	18.5	18	97	122	57.7	17.5	19	91	0.18

Years since first consultation with this physician	122	9.4	9.3	0	43	121	9.3	9.7	0	44	0.07

Patients’ satisfaction with consultation^a	122	4.8	0.6	2	5	122	4.7	0.9	1	5	1.56

Patients’ evaluation of consultation quality^b	122	4.3	1.2	1	5	122	4.1	1.1	1	5	1.09

Patient’s trust in physician^c	122	4.6	0.6	2.5	5	122	4.6	0.5	3.25	5	0.27

Education	n	%				n	%				χ²
Compulsory secondary education	33	27.1				22	18.0				4.68
Vocational training	51	41.8				58	47.5
Tertiary education	23	18.9				23	18.9
Advanced studies	14	11.5				15	12.3
Bachelor’s degree	1	0.8				3	2.5
Master’s degree	—	—				1	0.8
Doctorate	—	—				—	—

Frequency of visits to this physician per year^f
Less than once a year	19	15.7				18	14.8				1.37
Once or twice a year	30	24.8				35	28.7
3 or 4 times a year	28	23.1				28	23.0
5 or 6 times a year	11	9.1				14	11.5
>6 times a year	33	27.3				27	22.1

Severity of reason for consultation
Not severe at all	59	48.4				48	39.3				9.83
Moderately severe	43	35.3				50	41.0
Severe	18	14.8				15	12.3
Very severe	1	0.8				8	6.6
Extremely severe	1	0.8				1	0.8

↵a Scale: 1 = Very bad satisfaction, 2 = Bad satisfaction, 3 = OK satisfaction, 4 = Good satisfaction, 5 = Excellent satisfaction.
↵b Scale: 1 = Very bad quality, 2 = Bad quality, 3 = OK quality, 4 = Good quality, 5 = Excellent quality.
↵c Scale: 1 = Very bad trust, 2 = Bad trust, 3 = OK trust, 4 = Good trust, 5 = Excellent trust.
↵d P<0 .05.
↵e P<0 .001 .
↵f Data missing, n = 1. SD = standard deviation.