Table 1.
Characteristics of Clinicians Who See Children, Clinical Practice, and Patients, DocStyles Survey 2017 (n=1,023)
| Characteristics | All respondents, n (%) |
|---|---|
| Clinicians | |
| Total | 1,023 (100) |
| Age | |
| <45 years | 419 (41.0) |
| ≥45 years | 604 (59.0) |
| Gender | |
| Male | 567 (55.4) |
| Female | 456 (44.6) |
| Race/ethnicity | |
| White, non-Hispanic | 748 (73.1) |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 29 (2.8) |
| Hispanic | 42 (4.1) |
| Asian, non-Hispanic | 152 (14.9) |
| Other/multiracial, non-Hispanic | 52 (5.1) |
| Clinical practice | |
| Census region | |
| Northeast | 222 (21.7) |
| South | 368 (36.0) |
| Midwest | 213 (20.8) |
| West | 220 (21.5) |
| Specialty | |
| Family practitioner | 459 (44.9) |
| Internist | 148 (14.5) |
| Pediatrician | 250 (24.4) |
| Nurse practitioner | 166 (16.2) |
| Work setting | |
| Individual outpatient | 194 (19.0) |
| Group outpatient | 750 (73.3) |
| Inpatient | 79 (7.7) |
| Teaching hospital privileges | |
| Yes | 457 (45.7) |
| No | 566 (55.3) |
| Number of well-child visits per week | |
| <5 | 308 (30.1) |
| 5 to 14 | 335 (32.8) |
| ≥15 | 380 (37.2) |
| Clinician reported patient characteristics | |
| Patient income | |
| Low (<$50,000) | 348 (34.0) |
| Middle ($50,000 to <$100,000) | 361 (35.5) |
| High (≥$100,000) | 314 (30.7) |
| Pediatric patients with obesity among those who screen their patients (n=899) | |
| <10% | 173 (19.2) |
| 10% to <20% | 260 (28.9) |
| 20% to <40% | 333 (37.0) |
| ≥40% | 133 (14.8) |
| Clinicians aware of WMP within community meeting USPSTF recommendation | |
| Yes | 252 (24.6) |
| No | 597 (58.4) |
| Don’t know | 174 (17.0) |
Note: Due to rounding, the sum of percentages in each category may not exactly equal 100.0.
WMP, weight management program; USPSTF, U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.