Table 2.
Demographic characteristics of participants, by province
| CHARACTERISTICS | FULL SAMPLE, N (%) (N = 1054)* | PROVINCIAL COMPARISONS | FDR P VALUES | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| |||||
| ONTARIO, N (%) (N = 597)* | MANITOBA, N (%) (N = 228)* | BRITISH COLUMBIA, N (%) (N = 229)* | |||
| Region | < .001 | ||||
| • Urban | 678 (64.6) | 414 (69.9) | 120 (52.6) | 144 (62.9) | |
| • Rural | 371 (35.4) | 178 (30.1) | 108 (47.4) | 85 (37.1) | |
| Sex | .02 | ||||
| • Male | 544 (51.7) | 306 (51.4) | 135 (59.2) | 103 (45.0) | |
| • Female | 508 (48.3) | 289 (48.6) | 93 (40.8) | 126 (55.0) | |
| Year medical degree was obtained | .002 | ||||
| • Before 1979 | 241 (22.9) | 150 (25.1) | 44 (19.3) | 47 (20.5) | |
| • 1980 to 1999 | 531 (50.4) | 281 (47.1) | 141 (61.8) | 109 (47.6) | |
| • 2000 or later | 282 (26.8) | 166 (27.8) | 43 (18.9) | 73 (31.9) | |
| Country in which medical degree was obtained | < .001 | ||||
| • Canada | 815 (77.3) | 537 (90.0) | 111 (48.7) | 167 (72.9) | |
| • Other | 239 (22.7) | 60 (10.0) | 117 (51.3) | 62 (27.1) | |
| Sole physician in practice | .002 | ||||
| • Yes | 180 (17.1) | 116 (19.5) | 40 (17.5) | 24 (10.5) | |
| • No | 871 (82.9) | 478 (80.5) | 188 (82.5) | 205 (89.5) | |
| Can arrange faster access to tests if suspicion is high | .02 | ||||
| • Strongly disagree or disagree | 118 (11.3) | 51 (8.7) | 34 (14.9) | 33 (14.4) | |
| System used to ensure investigation results are followed up | .30 | ||||
| • No system or rely on patient to follow up | 81 (8.0) | 48 (8.4) | 21 (9.7) | 12 (5.4) | |
| • Follow-up is at my discretion or contact patient only if test result is abnormal | 931 (92.0) | 525 (91.6) | 196 (90.3) | 210 (94.6) | |
FDR—false discovery rate.
*
Not all respondents answered all questions. Proportions are calculated based on the number of responses to the question.