Table 3.
Characteristics of physicians with a total knowledge score ranging from a score of 0 to 3
| Characteristics | Score of 0 | Score of 1 | Score of 2 | Score of 3 | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number (percent) | |||||
| Physician number | 224 (7.01%) | 858 (26.84%) | 1261 (39.44%) | 854 (26.71%) | |
| Gender | < 0.001 | ||||
| Male | 118 (8.10%) | 417 (28.64%) | 580 (39.84%) | 341 (23.42%) | |
| Female | 106 (6.09%) | 441 (25.33%) | 681 (39.12%) | 513 (29.47%) | |
| Age | 0.254 | ||||
| 18–25 | 5 (12.20%) | 10 (24.39%) | 15 (36.59%) | 11 (26.83%) | |
| 26–35 | 93 (6.53%) | 376 (26.40%) | 554 (38.90%) | 401 (28.16%) | |
| 36–45 | 64 (5.95%) | 302 (28.09%) | 434 (40.37%) | 275 (25.58%) | |
| 46–55 | 47 (8.64%) | 145 (26.65%) | 214 (39.34%) | 138 (25.37%) | |
| 56–65 | 14 (13.21%) | 24 (22.64%) | 42 (39.62%) | 26 (24.53%) | |
| 66 + | 1 (14.29%) | 1 (14.29%) | 2 (28.57%) | 3 (42.86%) | |
| Birthplace | 0.045 | ||||
| Urban area | 192 (6.75%) | 774 (27.22%) | 1133 (39.85%) | 744 (26.17%) | |
| Rural area | 31 (8.83%) | 84 (23.93%) | 127 (36.18%) | 109 (31.05%) | |
| Others | 1 (33.33%) | 0 (0.00%) | 1 (33.33%) | 1 (33.33%) | |
| Monthly income | < 0.001 | ||||
| < 5000 | 70 (10.72%) | 187 (28.64%) | 241 (36.91%) | 155 (23.74%) | |
| 5000–10,000 | 133 (6.56%) | 538 (26.55%) | 783 (38.65%) | 572 (28.23%) | |
| 10,000–30,000 | 19 (3.75%) | 131 (25.89%) | 233 (46.05%) | 123 (24.31%) | |
| 30,000–50,000 | 2 (28.57%) | 0 (0.00%) | 2 (28.57%) | 3 (42.86%) | |
| > 50,000 | 0 (0.00%) | 2 (40.00%) | 2 (40.00%) | 1 (20.00%) | |
| Province | < 0.001 | ||||
| Jiangsu | 56 (4.69%) | 303 (25.36%) | 498 (41.67%) | 338 (28.28%) | |
| Jiangxi | 39 (8.33%) | 122 (26.07%) | 172 (36.75%) | 135 (28.85%) | |
| Shandong | 20 (6.71%) | 99 (33.22%) | 101 (33.89%) | 78 (26.17%) | |
| Shanxi | 95 (9.91%) | 259 (27.01%) | 371 (38.69%) | 234 (24.40%) | |
| Shannxi | 7 (7.07%) | 29 (29.29%) | 40 (40.40%) | 23 (23.23%) | |
| Sichuan | 7 (3.93%) | 46 (25.84%) | 79 (44.38%) | 46 (25.84%) | |
| Education | < 0.001 | ||||
| Secondary vocational school | 2 (66.67%) | 1 (33.33%) | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | |
| Three-year college | 2 (10.53%) | 8 (42.11%) | 7 (36.84%) | 2 (10.53%) | |
| Bachelor’s degree | 111 (10.05%) | 327 (29.62%) | 389 (35.24%) | 277 (25.09%) | |
| Master’s degree | 94 (5.27%) | 449 (25.20%) | 741 (41.58%) | 498 (27.95%) | |
| Doctorate/postdoc | 15 (5.19%) | 73 (25.26%) | 124 (42.91%) | 77 (26.64%) | |
| Title | 0.153 | ||||
| Primary | 69 (8.38%) | 213 (25.88%) | 302 (36.70%) | 239 (29.04%) | |
| Middle | 72 (5.96%) | 338 (27.98%) | 500 (41.39%) | 298 (24.67%) | |
| Vice-senior | 47 (6.63%) | 194 (27.36%) | 285 (40.20%) | 183 (25.81%) | |
| Senior | 36 (8.28%) | 108 (24.83%) | 163 (37.47%) | 128 (29.43%) | |
| None | 0 (0.00%) | 5 (22.73%) | 11 (50.00%) | 6 (27.27%) | |
| Working years | 0.348 | ||||
| ≤ 5 | 59 (7.13%) | 203 (24.52%) | 323 (39.01%) | 243 (29.35%) | |
| 6–10 | 41 (5.26%) | 222 (28.50%) | 316 (40.56%) | 200 (25.67%) | |
| 11–15 | 36 (7.00%) | 146 (28.40%) | 200 (38.91%) | 132 (25.68%) | |
| 16–20 | 26 (7.07%) | 106 (28.80%) | 144 (39.13%) | 92 (25.00%) | |
| 21–25 | 26 (7.81%) | 87 (26.13%) | 122 (36.64%) | 98 (29.43%) | |
| 26–30 | 17 (7.87%) | 55 (25.46%) | 91 (42.13%) | 53 (24.54%) | |
| 30 + | 19 (11.95%) | 39 (24.53%) | 65 (40.88%) | 36 (22.64%) | |
| Hospital class | 0.008 | ||||
| Primary hospital | 2 (50.00%) | 1 (25.00%) | 1 (25.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | |
| Secondary hospital | 2 (25.00%) | 4 (50.00%) | 1 (12.50%) | 1 (12.50%) | |
| Tertiary hospital | 220 (6.91%) | 853 (26.78%) | 1259 (39.53%) | 853 (26.78%) | |
| Specialty | < 0.001 | ||||
| Internal medicine | 59 (4.31%) | 325 (23.72%) | 563 (41.09%) | 423 (30.88%) | |
| Anesthesiology | 3 (9.09%) | 15 (45.45%) | 12 (36.36%) | 3 (9.09%) | |
| Dermatology | 0 (0.00%) | 7 (12.28%) | 31 (54.39%) | 19 (33.33%) | |
| Emergency medicine | 6 (6.74%) | 23 (25.84%) | 40 (44.94%) | 20 (22.47%) | |
| Infectious dept | 5 (7.25%) | 9 (13.04%) | 34 (49.28%) | 21 (30.43%) | |
| Intensive care unit | 7 (8.14%) | 29 (33.72%) | 30 (34.88%) | 20 (23.26%) | |
| Laboratory dept | 0 (0.00%) | 1 (33.33%) | 2 (66.67%) | 0 (0.00%) | |
| Obstetrics and gynecology | 13 (9.77%) | 40 (30.08%) | 50 (37.59%) | 30 (22.56%) | |
| Oncology | 6 (8.11%) | 29 (39.19%) | 20 (27.03%) | 19 (25.68%) | |
| Ophthalmology | 2 (2.90%) | 19 (27.54%) | 28 (40.58%) | 20 (28.99%) | |
| Orthopedic surgery, medical cosmetology | 3 (27.27%) | 1 (9.09%) | 3 (27.27%) | 4 (36.36%) | |
| Otolaryngology | 6 (16.22%) | 11 (29.73%) | 12 (32.43%) | 8 (21.62%) | |
| Pain medicine | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | 5 (83.33%) | 1 (16.67%) | |
| Pathology | 0 (0.00%) | 1 (12.50%) | 7 (87.50%) | 0 (0.00%) | |
| Pediatrics | 26 (8.02%) | 69 (21.30%) | 119 (36.73%) | 110 (33.95%) | |
| Psychiatry | 2 (11.76%) | 8 (47.06%) | 4 (23.53%) | 3 (17.65%) | |
| Radiology | 13 (9.42%) | 46 (33.33%) | 59 (42.75%) | 20 (14.49%) | |
| Sports medicine, rehabilitation | 12 (13.95%) | 29 (33.72%) | 32 (37.21%) | 13 (15.12%) | |
| Stomatology | 5 (17.24%) | 8 (27.59%) | 12 (41.38%) | 4 (13.79%) | |
| Surgery | 41 (9.88%) | 145 (34.94%) | 149 (35.90%) | 80 (19.28%) | |
| Traditional Chinese medicine | 5 (12.82%) | 16 (41.03%) | 12 (30.77%) | 6 (15.38%) | |
| Others | 10 (9.62%) | 27 (25.96%) | 37 (35.58%) | 30 (28.85%) | |