Table 2.
Physicians | (N=40) |
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Race | |
White/Asian/Pacific Islander | 85 % (34) |
African-American | 15% (6) |
Male | 40% (16) |
Years since med school graduation | 22.1 (8.0) |
Specialty | |
Family physician | 46% (19) |
Internist | 54% (21) |
Self-efficacy to address weight1 | 4.0 (0.7) |
Comfort discussing weight2 | 4.4 (0.9) |
Barriers to discussing weight with patients3 | 2.5 (0.8) |
Prior training in behavioral counseling | 38% (15) |
Concerns about reimbursement4 | 3.0 (1.6) |
Self-efficacy to lose weight/address weight (1=Not at all confident to 5 = Very confident)
Comfort discussing weight (1=Not at all comfortable to 5 = Very comfortable)
Barriers (1=Strongly disagree to 5= Strongly agree)
Concerns about reimbursement (1= Not very concerned to 5= Very concerned)