Table 1.
Primary care physicians’ socio-demographic and practice characteristics (n = 112)
| Characteristics | Continuous variables | Categorical variables |
|---|---|---|
| Socio-demographic characteristics | M (SD) (Q1, Q2, Q3) |
n (%) |
| Age (in years) | 49.0 (5.5) (46.0, 49.0, 53.0) |
– |
| Women | – | 90 (80.4) |
| Born in Tunisiab | – | 109 (97.3) |
| Mother tongue, Arabicb | – | 111 (99.1) |
| Medical school in Tunisiab | – | 104 (92.9) |
| Practice characteristics | M (SD) (Q1, Q2, Q3) |
n (%) |
| Governorate—n (%) | ||
| Tunis | – | 43 (38.4) |
| Ariana | – | 28 (25.0) |
| Manouba | – | 21 (18.8) |
| Ben Arous | – | 20 (17.9) |
| Average number of years working as a PCPc | 17.8 (6.0) (15.0, 18.0, 21.8) |
– |
| Hours work/week | 34.1 (5.1) (30.0, 36.0, 36.0) |
– |
| Mental health training in the last 12 months (yes) | – | 14 (12.5) |
| Average number of patient consultations/week | 145.3 (57.8) (103.8, 138.5, 180.0) |
– |
| Average number of consultations for mental health/week | 17.7 (19.8) (5.0, 12.0, 21.1) |
– |
| Average number of consultations for mental health/week: | – | |
| By appointmenta | 3.3 (8.1) (.0, .5, 3.0) |
|
| Without appointmenta,d | 14.8 (18.7) (3.5, 9.8, 18.0) |
|
| Average number of hours dedicated to mental health care/weeka | 4.5 (3.8) (2.1, 3.6, 6.0) |
– |
| % of mental health consultations per week according to diagnosis: types of mental health consultation per week: | ||
| Anxiety | 49.5 (25.5) (30.0, 50.0, 70.0) |
– |
| Depression | 33.0 (22.3) (20.0, 30.0, 45.0) |
– |
| Alcohol use disorders | 8.8 (14.5) (.0, 3.0, 10.0) |
– |
| Drug use disorders | 6.6 (13.5) (.0, 2.0, 10.0) |
– |
| Psychosis (including schizophrenia) | 5.1 (7.9) (.0, 2.0, 9.0) |
– |
| Suicide/self-harm | 3.7 (7.9) (.0, 1.0, 5.0) |
– |
| % of mental health clientele: | ||
| Referred to specialized carea | 55.6 (30.8) (30.0, 50.0, 80.0) |
– |
| Receiving support (ex.: active listening) | 51.8 (36.9) (20.0, 50.0, 90.0) |
– |
| Receiving psychoeducation | 40.7 (38.4) (.0, 35.0, 80.0) |
– |
| Receiving pharmacology | 39.6 (36.3) (5.0, 30.0, 80.0) |
– |
| Receiving psychotherapy | 18.7 (29.0) (.0, 1.0, 23.8) |
– |
| Average number of follow-up visits/patients with mental health issuesa | 7.1 (8.8) (4.0, 4.0, 6.0) |
– |
aMissing values were greater than 5%, but less than 10%
bThe variable is not considered in further analyses given the small number of participants in some groups
cThis variable is not considered in further analyses given the high correlation with the variable ‘age’
dThis variable is not considered in further analyses given the high correlation with the variable ‘average number of consultations for mental health per week’