Table 2.

Demographic variation on whether CPD improves patient care

Demographic	Agree (Strongly/Somewhat) % (n)	Disagree / Neither Agree nor Disagree % (n)	p-value
Age			p = 0.080
<  = 39	71.2% (222)	28.8% (90)
40 – 49	73.6% (237)	26.4% (85)
50 – 59	70.9% (173)	29.1% (71)
60 – 69	81.4% (162)	18.6% (37)
70 +	76.4% (42)	23.6% (13)
Gender*			p = 0.030
Female	76.5% (469)	23.5% (144)
Male	70.7% (367)	29.3% (152)
Practice type			p = 0.647
Single handed practice	72.8% (220)	27.2% (82)
Group practice	74.2% (616)	25.8% (214)
Professional Body membership			p = 0.301
Yes	74.8% (593)	25.2%(200)
No	71.7% (243)	28.3% (96)
Member of PCS scheme since inception			p = 0.779
Yes	73.5% (525)	26.5% (189)
No	74.4% (311)	25.6% (25.6)

^*Chi-square analysis showed significant relationship p-value < 0.05