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Table 1 Descriptives of the sample

From: Talking with pediatric patients with overweight or obesity and their parents: self-rated self-efficacy and perceived barriers of Dutch healthcare professionals from seven disciplines

 

Total group

Pediatricians

Dieticians

YHCPs

Mental health professionals

YHCNs

Physiotherapists

GPs

N

578

31

78

92

56

260

41

25

Males

N (%)

36 (6.2%)

8 (25.8%)

3 (3.8%)

9 (9.8%)

3 (5.4%)

3 (1.1%)

4 (9.8%)

6 (24.0%)

Age in years

Mean (SD)

43.2 (12.0)

50.5 (9.2)

37.6 (13.2)

45.2 (11.2)

42.8 (11.9)

43.4 (11.9)

41.9 (12.1)

43.0 (10.8)

Years in profession

Median [IQR]

11.0 [5.0–20.0]

16.0 [10.0–25.0]

8.0 [2.0–22.0]

12.5 [6.0–25.0]

12.0 [4.8–20.0]

11.0 [4.5–20.0]

17.0 [6.5–27.5]

5.5 [2.6–18.3]

  1. GPs general practitioners, YHCPs youth healthcare physicians, YHCNs youth healthcare nurses, SD standard deviation, IQR interquartile range