Table 1.
Characteristics of respondents
| Characteristic of respondent | Number of respondents (percentage) |
|---|---|
| Gender | |
| Male | 102 (68.5%) |
| Female | 43 (28.9%) |
| Not answered | 4 (2.7%) |
| Area of practice* | |
| Metropolitan | 93 (62.4%) |
| Combined rural | 55 (36.9%) |
| Regional | 34 (22.8%) |
| Rural | 21 (14.1%) |
| Not answered | 1 (0.7%) |
| Age | |
| ≤40 | 21 (14.1%) |
| 41 to 49 | 23 (15.4%) |
| 50 to 59 | 58 (38.9%) |
| 60 to 69 | 34 (22.8%) |
| ≥70 | 11 (7.4%) |
| Not answered | 2 (1.3%) |
| Years in practice | |
| <10 years | 18 (12.1%) |
| 10 – 20 years | 30 (20.1%) |
| >20 years | 96 (64.4%) |
| Not answered | 5 (3.4%) |
| State | |
| Victoria | 73 (49.0%) |
| New South Wales | 37 (24.8%) |
| Queensland | 13 (8.7%) |
| Western Australia | 9 (6.0%) |
| South Australia | 9 (6.0%) |
| Other/Not answered | 8 (5.4%) |
| Race | |
| Asian | 30 (20.1%) |
| Caucasian | 107 (71.8%) |
| Other/Not answered | 12 (8.1%) |
| Breakdown of responses by recruitment | |
| UroGP conference | 97/120 (80.8%) |
| National Institute of Integrative Medicine, Victoria | 17/130 (13.1%) |
| Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity, NSW | 14/52 (26.9%) |
| University of Newcastle, NSW | 21/136 (15.4%) |
*Due to small sample size, GPs working in the regional and rural sectors were combined and labelled as rural practice in the analysis.