Physicians’ variables | Female physicians (N= 26) | Male physicians (N= 35) | t-test | ||||||||
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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 | 1.98d |
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 | 3.29e |
Physician’s clinical experience (years) | 25 | 27.5 | 8.4 | 14.8 | 46.5 | 33 | 29.7 | 8.4 | 17 | 44.5 | 1.98d |
Working time (%) | 25 | 72.8 | 17.8 | 48 | 100 | 33 | 95.2 | 10.2 | 60 | 100 | 12.11e |
Patients’ satisfaction with consultationa | 104 | 4.7 | 0.8 | 1 | 5 | 140 | 4.8 | 0.7 | 1 | 5 | 0.30 |
Patients’ evaluation of consultation qualityb | 104 | 4.2 | 1.1 | 1 | 5 | 140 | 4.2 | 1.2 | 1 | 5 | 0.21 |
Patient’s trust in physicianc | 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 | ||||||||
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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 consultationa | 122 | 4.8 | 0.6 | 2 | 5 | 122 | 4.7 | 0.9 | 1 | 5 | 1.56 |
Patients’ evaluation of consultation qualityb | 122 | 4.3 | 1.2 | 1 | 5 | 122 | 4.1 | 1.1 | 1 | 5 | 1.09 |
Patient’s trust in physicianc | 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 yearf | |||||||||||
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.