Table 4.

Determinants of the self-reported effect of the SRs' activities on prescribing decisions of the GPs.

	Always or sometimes affected		Never affected
Determinants (N = 152)	N	%**	N	%**	P
Gender
Male	75	92.6	6	7.4
Female	63	88.7	8	11.3
Participation in any training programmes of drug companies					*
Yes	110	94.0	7	6.0
No	28	80.0	7	20.0
Participation in in-service training
Yes	31	93.9	12	6.1
No	107	89.9	2	10.1
Work Setting					*
Primary health center	95	95.0	5	5.0
Hospital	43	82.7	9	17.3
Frequency of SR visits to GPs					*
More than 1 per month	105	95.4	5	4.6
Less frequently	33	78.5	9	21.5
Years of practice					*
5 and under	72	96.0	3	4.0
More than 5	66	85.7	11	14.3
Patient per day					*
<60	69	86.3	11	13.7
60 and more	69	95.8	3	4.2

* Statistically significant, p values (exact sig. 2-sided) under 0.05

** Row percent