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Table 1 Characteristics of participants by intervention arm allocation (T0)

From: Contextual factors influencing physicians’ perception of antibiotic prescribing in primary care in Germany — a prospective observational study

Characteristics

Total

n = 229

Intervention arm I

n = 76 (33.1%)

Intervention arm II

n = 73 (32.0%)

Intervention arm III

n = 80 (34.9%)

Sex

224 (100)

73 (100)

73 (100)

78 (100)

 Female, n (%)

76 (33.9)

18 (24.7)

25 (34.2)

33 (42.3)

 Male, n (%)

148 (66.1)

55 (75.3)

48 (65.8)

45 (57.7)

Age, n

221

72

73

76

 mean (SD)

54.4 (7.6)

54.7 (7.5)

54.6 (8.3)

54.1 (7.1)

Medical Speciality

227 (100)

76 (100)

71 (100)

80 (100)

 GP, n (%)

132 (58.1)

44 (57.9)

40 (56.3)

48 (60.0)

 Specialists, n (%)

95 (41.9)

32 (42.1)

31 (43.7)

32 (40.0)

Work experience, n

228

76

72

80

 in years, mean (SD)

25.5 (7.9)

25.8 (7.3)

25.8 (8.6)

24.9 (8.0)

  1. GP General Practitioner, SD Standard deviation