Table 2.
Participants’ sociodemographic characteristics
Sociodemographic characteristics | % (n) or M (SD) | LRMP |
Gender (male) | 48% (199) | 54.5% |
Age (years) | 47.23 (10.97) | |
Under 30 | 7% (28) | 13% |
30–49 | 46% (190) | 59% |
Over 50 | 48% (197) | 28% |
Year of experience in medicine | 22.94 (11.35) | N/A |
Grade | ||
Junior doctor | 20% (82) | 21% |
General practitioner | 18% (75) | 23% |
Consultant | 49% (203) | 32% |
Other | 14% (57) | 23% |
Workplace | ||
Community | 5% (21) | |
General practice | 15% (61) | |
Hospital | 58% (239) | N/A |
Multiple places | 15% (61) | |
Other | 8% (32) | |
Specialty | ||
General practice | 17% (71) | 23% |
Public health | 12% (49) | 0.4% |
Anaesthetics and intensive care | 9% (39) | 8% |
Paediatrics | 7% (27) | 2% |
Emergency medicine | 6% (24) | 1% |
Psychiatry | 6% (25) | 3% |
Other | 44% (184) | |
Working hours | ||
≤40 | 34% (141) | N/A |
41–50 | 41% (170) | |
>50 | 15% (104) |
LRMP, List of Registered Medical Practitioners; N/A, not available.