Table 1. Practice Profile and Demographics.
CHARACTERISTIC | N | % | |
Practice location | City | 81 | 81 |
Suburban | 4 | 4 | |
Town | 3 | 3 | |
Rural | 11 | 11 | |
Total number of doctors | 1 | 30 | 30 |
2 | 12 | 12 | |
≥3 | 57 | 58 | |
Gender | Male | 56 | 57 |
Female | 43 | 43 | |
Age group | ≤30 | 38 | 38 |
31-40 | 16 | 16 | |
41-50 | 16 | 16 | |
51-60 | 25 | 25 | |
>60 | 4 | 4 | |
Specialty | Family Medicine | 32 | 32 |
Internal Medicine | 31 | 31 | |
Surgery | 20 | 20 | |
Paediatrics | 17 | 17 | |
Socioeconomic status of patients | Upper | 13 | 13 |
Middle | 47 | 47 | |
Lower | 39 | 39 | |
Volume of pediatric cases | Small | 48 | 48 |
Average | 38 | 38 | |
Large | 13 | 13 | |
Completion of courses/training in obesity | Yes | 8 | 8 |
No | 92 | 92 |