Table 2. Physician characteristics.
| Overall N=340 |
Country | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia n=46 |
China n=101 |
Israel n=31 |
South Korea n=60 |
Brazil n=102 |
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| Primary medical specialty, n (%) | ||||||
| Neurologist | 131 (38.5%) | 15 (32.6%) | 26 (25.7%) | 10 (32.3%) | 30 (50.0%) | 50 (49.0%) |
| Psychiatrist | 209 (61.5%) | 31 (67.4%) | 75 (74.3%) | 21 (67.7%) | 30 (50.0%) | 52 (51.0%) |
| Neuropsychiatrist | 10 (2.9%) | 1 (2.2%) | 9 (8.9%) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Psychiatrist | 199 (58.5%) | 30 (65.2%) | 66 (65.3%) | 21 (67.7%) | 30 (50.0%) | 52 (51.0%) |
| Sex, n (%) | ||||||
| Male | 210 (61.8%) | 28 (60.9%) | 56 (55.4%) | 15 (48.4%) | 50 (83.3%) | 61 (59.8%) |
| Female | 127 (37.4%) | 17 (37.0%) | 43 (42.6%) | 16 (51.6%) | 10 (16.7%) | 41 (40.2%) |
| Prefer not to state | 3 (0.9%) | 1 (2.2%) | 2 (2.0%) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Age, years, mean (SD) | 45.0 (8.6) | 49.8 (8.0) | 41.2 (7.3) | 52.5 (8.5) | 50.2 (4.6) | 41.5 (7.6) |
| Years in practice, mean (SD) | 15.6 (7.9) | 17.3 (7.6) | 14.8 (8.4) | 18.0 (9.5) | 18.7 (4.4) | 13.0 (7.4) |
| Time spent in clinical practice, % mean* | ||||||
| Private office | 28.8 | 41.5 | 1.0 | 21.5 | 10.0 | 63.8 |
| Hospital—outpatient (public or private) | 58.9 | 40.1 | 92.3 | 32.3 | 89.3 | 24.7 |
| Community or private clinic | 10.1 | 16.1 | 2.5 | 45.7 | 0.8 | 9.6 |
| Other | 2.2 | 2.3 | 4.3 | 0.7 | 0 | 1.9 |
| Time spent in direct patient care, % mean (SD) | 86.1 (10.7) | 89.8 (9.7) | 80.6 (10.1) | 91.8 (8.6) | 83.3 (9.4) | 89.9 (9.8) |
*
Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding.