Table 2.
Demographic characteristic of study participants
| Patients | Providers | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | N | % | N | % |
| Total | 175 | 100 | 134 | 100 |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 88 | 50.3 | 57 | 42.5 |
| Female | 87 | 49.7 | 77 | 57.5 |
| Age (years) | ||||
| <30 | 32 | 18.3 | 30 | 22.4 |
| 30–50 | 99 | 56.6 | 94 | 70.1 |
| >50 | 44 | 25.1 | 10 | 7.5 |
| Education level | ||||
| High school and below | 170 | 97.1 | 24 | 17.9 |
| Junior college | 3 | 1.7 | 86 | 64.2 |
| Bachelor | 2 | 1.1 | 24 | 17.9 |
| Length of employment (years) | ||||
| <5 | - | - | 33 | 24.6 |
| 5–10 | - | - | 31 | 23.1 |
| 11–20 | - | - | 47 | 35.1 |
| >20 | - | - | 23 | 17.2 |
| Professional qualification | ||||
| NA | - | - | 30 | 22.4 |
| Primary | - | - | 72 | 53.7 |
| Junior | - | - | 30 | 22.4 |
| Senior | - | - | 2 | 1.5 |
| Working department | ||||
| Physicians | - | - | 76 | 56.7 |
| Pharmacists | - | - | 19 | 14.2 |
| Nursing staff | - | - | 21 | 15.7 |
| Health technicians | - | - | 7 | 5.2 |
| Administration staff | - | - | 11 | 8.2 |
| Monthly income (yuan) | ||||
| <1000 | - | - | 22 | 16.4 |
| 1000–2000 | - | - | 67 | 50 |
| >2000 | - | - | 45 | 33.6 |
| Household income per month (yuan) | ||||
| <1000 | 118 | 67.4 | - | - |
| 1000–2000 | 36 | 20.6 | - | - |
| >2000 | 21 | 12 | - | - |