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Table 1 Participants’ sociodemographic characteristics (N = 372)

From: Use of email, cell phone and text message between patients and primary-care physicians: cross-sectional study in a French-speaking part of Switzerland

Characteristics

n (%)

Gender:

 Female

173 (46.6)

Age (yrs old):

 0–39

43 (12.9)

 40–49

96 (27.0)

 50–65

182 (52.3)

  > 65

27 (7.8)

Full time equivalent:

  < 0.25

4 (1.1)

 0.25–0.50

27 (7.5)

 0.51–0.75

80 (22.1)

  > 0.75

251 (69.3)

Type of practice:

 Solo

150 (42.6)

 Groupe

186 (52.8)

 University affiliated

15 (4.3)

 Other

1 (0.3)

Practice location:

 Urban

276 (76.5)

 Suburban

80 (22.2)

 Rural

5 (1.4)

Postgraduate training level:

 Still in training

2 (0.6)

 Practicing physician

22 (9.1)

 Specialist title in general internal medicine

211 (58.3)

 Specialist title in paediatrics

71 (19.6)

 Additional certified training

35 (9.7)

 Other

10 (2.8)