Table 3. Associations between general practitioners' personal and professional characteristics, their experience of suicide, and patients' characteristics and the suicide inquiry score: results of bivariate analysis (French nationwide panel of general practitioners, weighted data).

	n	% column	Mean score	(SD)a	pb
Personal characteristics
Age (years)	1236				0.036
≤50	508	41.1%	12.58	(2.72)
>50	728	58.9%	12.22	(3.00)
Gender	1236				0.381
Male	899	72.8%	12.32	(2.82)
Female	337	27.2%	12.49	(3.06)
Personal history of depression	1223				0.095
Yes	215	17.6%	12.67	(3.01)
No	1008	82.4%	12.28	(2.85)
Personal history of antidepressant treatment	1225				0.248
Yes	138	11.3%	12.63	(2.97)
No	1087	88.7%	12.32	(2.87)
Personal history of psychotherapy	1226				0.012
Yes	162	13.2%	12.95	(3.17)
No	1064	86.8%	12.26	(2.82)
Reported history of depression in a close friend or family member	1231				0.694
Yes	520	42.3%	12.32	(2.87)
No	711	57.7%	12.39	(2.90)
Professional characteristics
Area of practice	1236
Urban	749	60.6%	12.30	(3.12)	0.297
Suburban or rural	487	39.4%	12.47	(2.58)
Annual workload (number of office consultations and house calls)	1234				0.801
<5000	650	52.7%	12.35	(3.13)
≥5000	584	47.3%	12.39	(2.64)
CMEc on suicide	1236				<10−4
Less than 3 years ago	215	17.4%	13.54	(2.97)
More than 3 years ago	508	41.1%	12.46	(2.83)
Never	514	41.6%	11.79	(2.74)
Participation in a formal mental health network	1232				<10−4
Yes	54	4.4%	14.66	(3.29)
No	1178	95.6%	12.26	(2.83)
Experience with suicide among his/her patients
Any patient attempted suicide in the past 5 years	1230				<10−4
Yes	996	81.0%	12.58	(2.83)
No	234	19.0%	11.52	(2.89)
Any completed suicide in the past 5 years	1224				0.005
Yes	526	43.0%	12.65	(2.84)
No	698	57.0%	12.17	(2.88)
Characteristics of the practice's patients
Patients ≥ 70 years-old (%)	1236				0.179
<13.3	360	51.0%	12.48	(2.89)
≥13.3	605	49.0%	12.25	(2.87)
Patients of very low socioeconomic status (%)	1236				0.787
<5.1	591	47.8%	12.34	(2.89)
≥5.1	645	52.2%	12.39	(2.89)
Patients with a chronic disease (%)	1236				0.776
<25.6	587	47.5%	12.39	(2.89)
≥25.6	649	52.5%	12.34	(2.89)

^aStandard deviation.

^bp value (t-test).

^cContinuing medical education.