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. 2015 Apr 27;65(634):e295–e304. doi: 10.3399/bjgp15X684817
Characteristic Value
Female sex, n (%) 43 (53%)

Experience, years (mean range) 22 (1–36)

Setting, n (%) 52 (60.5%)
  Urban 52 (60.5%)
  Part rural 20 (23.2%)
  Rural 9 (10.5%)
  Missing data 5 (5.8%)

Teacher in medical school, n (%) 47 (54.6)

Consultation duration, minutes, n (%)
  15 20 (23.2)
  20 44 (51.2)
  25 9 (10.5)
  30 8 (9.3)
  Missing data 5 (5.8)

Family history of prostate cancer, n (%) 16 (19.7)

Personal history of prostate cancer, n (%) 1 (1.2)

Favourable to prostate cancer screening for asymptomatic patients, n (%)
  Yes 18 (20.9)
  No 60 (69.8)
  I don’t know 1 (1.2)
  Missing data 7 (8.1)

Explains prostate cancer screening controversy to patients, n (%)
  Systematically 56 (65.1)
  Sometimes 24 (27.9)
  Never 1 (1.2)
  Missing data 5 (5.8)

Orders PSA testing for asymptomatic patients, n (%)
  High risk patients only 58 (67.4)
  On patients’ demand 1 (1.2)
  Physician’s judgement (excluding high risk patients) 15 (17.4)
  Systematically 6 (7.0)
  Never 1 (1.2)
  Missing data 5 (5.8)

PSA = prostate-specific antigen.