Table 1 The general information of the participants of PHC providers in the seven countries (n = 606)

Sample size

110

85

100

81

80

80

70

606

Age

36.5 ± 9.5

36.4 ± 11.5

40.5 ± 9.4

37.5 ± 8.7

36.9 ± 7.5

37.9 ± 11.1

30.4 ± 5.4

36.9 ± 9.4

 Male

18

7

19

14

15

12

61

146 (24.1%)

 Female

91

78

81

67

66

68

9

460 (75.9%)

 Diploma

52

22

35

71

32

10

57

279 (46.0%)

 Bachelor

38

56

65

10

40

43

11

263 (43.4%)

 Master

4

2

0

0

1

0

0

7 (1.2%)

 Doctor

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0 (0.0%)

 Others

16

7

0

0

7

25

2

57 (9.4%)

 Diploma

30

14

11

48

30

6

6

145 (23.9%)

 Bachelor

73

67

76

31

41

47

65

400 (66.0%)

 Master

4

5

15

0

2

2

0

28 (4.6%)

 Doctor

0

0

1

0

0

1

1

3 (0.5%)

 Others

3

1

0

0

9

17

0

30 (5.0%)

 Medicine

48

2

2

2

11

10

1

76 (12.5%)

 Pharmacy

5

0

2

3

3

0

0

13 (2.2%)

 Nursing

52

76

63

35

32

13

69

340 (56.1%)

 Public health

4

7

10

5

3

32

0

61 (10.1%)

 Others

1

0

24

35

31

25

0

116 (19.1%)

 Junior

40

42

95

2

23

50

12

264 (43.6%)

 Medium

47

11

9

44

34

29

54

228 (37.6%)

 Senior

14

30

1

25

15

0

1

86 (14.2%)

 Others

7

2

0

6

8

2

3

28 (4.6%)

Years of working experience

15.3 ± 9.8

13.9 ± 10.0

17.6 ± 9.4

13.3 ± 8.0

13.2 ± 7.8

12.0 ± 9.0

10.2 ± 5.4

14.0 ± 8.9

Years of clinical experience

15.0 ± 9.8

12.0 ± 9.1

12.4 ± 10.2

12.1 ± 8.0

12.5 ± 8.1

11.3 ± 8.8

9.7 ± 5.2

12.4 ± 8.9

Working years at current department

8.4 ± 8.0

5.1 ± 5.4

11.7 ± 7.5

12.7 ± 7.9

9.5 ± 8.5

7.0 ± 7.8

8.4 ± 4.7

9.6 ± 7.7