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. 2022 Dec 21;17:15. doi: 10.1186/s13010-022-00127-z

Table 2.

Socio-Demographics and acceptance of normality

Socio-demographics
Age (N = 321) M = 34.85 (SD = 10.4), Mdn = 34, Mo = 37, Min = 18, Max = 76
Gender (N = 323) 59.1% women, 35.6% men, 5.3% diverse1
Country (N = 321)2 Switzerland 29.6%, Germany 28.7%, Nigeria 16.8%, UK 4.4%, USA 3.4%, Canada 3.1%, Belgium 1.6%, Iran 1.6%, Australia 1.2%; other 9.6%
Medical background (N = 322)3

Not/little related [13]: 48.1%, moderately related [47]: 31.1%,

closely related [810]: 20.8%

University degree (N = 323) Yes: 79.9%
Religiosity (N = 323)4 Not/little religious [13]: 59.1%, moderately religious [47]: 24.2%, strongly religious [810]: 16.7%
Left–right self-placement (N = 318)5

Left/rather left [13]: 50.0%, centrist [47]: 41.2%,

right/rather right [810]: 8.8%

Acceptance of normality
Overall scale (N = 315)6 M = 41.23 (SD = 7.8), Mdn = 42, Mo = 42, Min = 12, Max = 60
Mental health (N = 319)7 M = 19.77 (SD = 4.7), Mdn = 20, Mo = 20, Min = 6, Max = 30
Physical health (N = 315)7 M = 21.46 (SD = 4.1), Mdn = 22, Mo = 23, Min = 6, Max = 30
Note.1 = non-binary, prefer to self-describe, prefer not to say, 2more than 1.0% of sample; 310-point Likert item ranging from 1 (not at all) to 10 (entirely): “How closely is your professional background related to the field of medicine?”; 410-point Likert item ranging from 1 (not religious) to 10 (religious); 510-point Likert item ranging from 1 (left) to 10 (right); 6Possible range: 12–60; 7Possible range: 6–30