Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of the study sample (N=269).
| Characteristics | Participants, n (%) | |
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 37.39 (14.14) | |
| Sex | ||
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Female | 173 (64.31) |
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Male | 96 (35.69) |
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Other | 0 (0) |
| Nationality | ||
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German | 251 (93.31) |
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Other | 18 (0.69) |
| Family status | ||
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Single | 158 (58.74) |
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Married | 86 (31.97) |
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Separated | 4 (1.49) |
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Divorced | 14 (5.20) |
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Widowed | 1 (0.37) |
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Other | 5 (1.86) |
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Missing | 1 (0.37) |
| Profession (experts)a | ||
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General medical practitioner | 7 (6.73) |
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Specialist in internal medicine | 23 (22.12) |
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Specialist in psychosomatics | 12 (11.54) |
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Specialist in psychiatry | 9 (8.65) |
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Specialist in psychotherapy | 6 (5.77) |
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Physician (total) | 43 (41.35) |
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Psychological psychotherapist | 33 (31.73) |
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Psychotherapist in training | 16 (15.38) |
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Nurse | 13 (12.50) |
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Experts (total) | 104 (100) |
| Subject (students)a | ||
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Medicine | 54 (67.50) |
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Psychology | 28 (35.00) |
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Students (total) | 80 (100) |
| Patients | ||
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Patient of the University Hospital Heidelberg | 41 (48.24) |
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Patient recruited via the internet | 44 (51.76) |
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Patients (total) | 85 (100) |
| Education (patients)a | ||
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Still in school | 1 (1.18) |
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Secondary school | 13 (15.29) |
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Secondary high school | 24 (28.24) |
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Higher school certificate | 26 (30.59) |
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Study exam | 18 (21.18) |
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Other | 3 (3.53) |
aMultiple choice possible.