Table 3.
Baseline characteristics participating GPs# (n = 133)
| Characteristics of general practitioners | |
|---|---|
| Age - yr | 48,2 ± 8,1 |
| Gender male sex - no.(%) | 81 (60, 9) |
| Working week fulltime - no. (%) | 70 (52, 6) |
| Experience - no. (%) | |
| ≤ 1 year | 2 (1, 5) |
| 2 - 5 years | 14 (10, 5) |
| 6 - 10 years | 21 (15, 8) |
| ≥ 10 years | 94 (70, 7) |
| Missing | 2 (1, 5) |
| Interest in palliative care* | 8, 14 ± 1, 12 |
| Missing | 3 |
| Estimation of own capability** | 6, 83 ± 0, 92 |
| Missing | 3 |
| Characteristics of practice | |
| Practice form - no. (%) | |
| Single-handed | 28 (21, 1) |
| Dual | 53 (39, 8) |
| Group and health centres | 52 (39, 1) |
| Missing | 0 |
| Degree of urbanisation - no. (%) | |
| Very | 46 (34, 6) |
| Moderate | 28 (21, 1) |
| Less | 41 (30, 8) |
| No | 18 (13, 5) |
| Missing | 0 |
| Size of practice Fte-average practice+ | 1728 ± 409 |
| Missing | 1 |
| Palliative care | |
| Palliative patients/y - no. (%) | |
| ≤ 2 patients | 10 (7, 5) |
| 3 - 5 patients | 72 (54, 1) |
| 5 - 9 patients | 43 (32, 3) |
| ≥ 10 patients | 6 (4, 5) |
| Missing | 2 (1, 5) |
| Use of consultant palliative care - no. (%) | |
| Yes | 105 (78, 9) |
| No | 25 (18, 8) |
| Missing | 3 (2, 3) |
#Plus-minus values are means ± SD
+ Size of practice = fulltime-equivalent/average practice (= 2350 patients)
*Interest in palliative care, visual analogue scale, rang 0, indicating no interest, to 10 very much interest.
** Estimation of own capability, visual analogue scale, rang 0, indicating not capable, to 10 very much capable.