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Table 1 Responding primary care physicians' demographic and practice characteristics

From: Screening mammography beliefs and recommendations: a web-based survey of primary care physicians

Primary care specialty

Family Physicians

General Internal Medicine

Obstetrics and gynaecology

   
 

FP

IM

OBG

Total

 
 

n = 271 (41.5%)

n = 232 (35.5%)

n = 150 (23.0%)

n = 653

P- value

Race/Ethnicity

   White

213 (79)

164 (71)

120 (81)

497 (76)

0.002

   AA

8 (3)

12 (5)

4 (3)

24 (4)

 

   Hispanic

15 (6)

2 (1)

3 (2)

20 (3)

 

   Asian

30 (11)

51 (22)

21 (14)

102 (16)

 

   Other

5 (2)

3 (1)

1 (1)

9 (1)

 

Gender

   Male

161 (59)

136 (59)

71 (47)

368 (56)

0.04

   Female

110 (41)

96 (41)

79 (53)

285 (44)

 

Age in years

   25-44

103 (38)

93 (40)

48 (32)

244 (37)

0.403

   45-54

82 (30)

71 (31)

53 (36)

206 (32)

 

   55-64

71 (26)

58 (25)

36 (24)

165 (25)

 

   65 +

15 (6)

10 (4)

12 (8)

37 (6)

 

Number of years in practice

   1~9 yrs

106 (39)

92 (40)

56 (37)

254 (39)

0.57

   10~20 yrs

103 (38)

80 (34)

49 (33)

232 (36)

 

   > = 21 yrs

62 (23)

60 (26)

45 (30)

167 (26)

 

US Region

North East

52 (19)

76 (33)

39 (26)

167 (26)

< 0.001

   Mid West

67 (25)

55 (24)

19 (13)

141 (22)

 

   South

63 (23)

58 (25)

38 (25)

159 (24)

 

   West

89 (33)

43 (19)

54 (36)

186 (28)

 

Percent of female patients seen per week (mean)

   New patients

21%

25%

37%

26%

< 0.001

Had a mammogram (Female physicians only)

n = 238

   Yes

77 (71)

68 (72)

58 (73)

203 (72)

 

   No

32 (29)

27 (28)

21 (27)

80 (28)

 

Personal History of breast cancer (Female physicians only)

n = 282

   Yes

7 (6)

3 (3)

0 (0)

10 (4)

 

   No

103 (94)

92 (97)

77 (100)

272 (96)

 

Family History of breast cancer

n = 472

   Yes

60 (30)

58 (37)

45 (38)

163 (35)

 

   No

137 (70)

99 (63)

73 (62)

309 (65)

 

Percent of time spent week *

 

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

 

Patient care

83

23

78

26

79

21

80

24

 

Teaching/research

10

16

15

20

12

16

12

17

 

Administration

13

15

14

17

13

13

13

15

 

Other

2

6

6

16

3

13

4

12

 
  1. P is significant for < 0.05.
  2. * Data are presented as mean and standard deviation.