Table 2.

Characteristics in total and per study group

	n	Total (N = 141)	n	IG (n = 73)	n	CG (n = 68)	χ2/t	P
Age (M, SD)	141	32.7 (6.3)	73	32.5 (6.0)	68	32.9 (6.6)	0.434a	0.665
Gender (%)	141		73		68
Female		58.9		57.5		60.3	0.111b	0.739
Male		41.1		42.5		39.7
Position (%)	141		73		68
Residents		78.7		79.5		77.9	2.946c	0.399
Specialists		12.8		15.1		10.3
Senior physicians		5.7		2.7		8.8
Before career entry		2.8		2.7		2.9
Years in practice (M, SD)	140	4.8 (5.4)	73	4.3 (4.5)	67	5.4 (6.2)	1.104a	0.271
Main setting (%)	141		73		68
Outpatient		17.7		20.5		14.6	4.966c	0.299
Inpatient		70.2		64.4		76.5
Inpatient and outpatient		8.5		10.9		5.9
Other		3.5		4.1		2.9
Specialty (%)	141		73		68
Medical oncology		31.2		37.0		25.0	8.535c	0.704
Gastroenterology		23.4		21.9		25.0
Gynecology		12.8		15.1		10.3
Internal medicine		8.5		6.8		10.3
Surgery		7.8		8.2		7.4
Dermatology		2.8		2.7		2.9
Radiation therapy/radiooncology		2.8		1.4		4.4
Other		10.6		6.9		14.8

CG, control group; IG, intervention group; M, mean; SD, standard deviation.

^at-test.

^bχ² test.

^cFisher’s exact test.