Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of Physician Study Sample

Variable	Intervention (N = 50)	Control (N = 48)	P Value*
Age, y	44.9, 28.2†	42.2, 28.8	.34
Female, %	35.5	37.0	.47
Faculty, %	24.0	25.0	.63
Check e-mail daily, %	48.3	50.8	.48
Used e-mail with patients, %	73.0, 18.2†	70.0, 16.3	.29
Attitudes‡
Fear of being overwhelmed with patient e-mail	51.6	47.5	.40
Don't mind if patients e-mail me	50.4	52.2	.44
E-mail is a good way for patients to reach me	57.4	61.3	.34

^*For differences between intervention and control groups.

^†Faculty, residents.

^‡Percent who agreed or strongly agreed with item on a 5-point Likert scale.