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Table 1 Characteristics of 405 participants in 8 provinces cross Vietnam

From: Knowledge, attitudes and self-confidence with skills required for providing dementia care in physicians at primary healthcare settings in Vietnam

Characteristics

District level

(n%)

Commune level

(n %)

Total

(n%)

Number of respondents by cities

   

Dien Bien/ North West

16 (12.3)

33 (12.0)

49 (12.1)

Kon Tum/ Highland

16 (12.3)

39 (14.2)

55 (13.6)

Can Tho/MK delta

25 (19.2)

23 (8.4)

48 (11.85)

Ha Nam/ Red River Delta

11 (8.5)

36 (13.1)

47 (11.6)

Khanh Hoa/ Southern Central Coastal

15 (11.5)

36 (13.1)

51 (12.6)

Lang Son/ Northern mountainous

7 (5.4)

40 (14.5)

47 (11.6)

Tay Ninh/ Eastern of MK delta

13 (10.0)

35 (12.7)

48 (11.85)

Thanh Hoa/ Northern Central coastal

27 (20.8)

33 (12.0)

60 (14.8)

Gender

   

Male

51 (39.2)

137 (49.8)

188 (46.4)

Female

79 (60.8)

138 (50.2)

217 (53.6)

Working position

   

Doctor assistants

4 (3.1)

181 (65.8)

185 (45.7)

General practitioner/specialist doctors

126 (96.9)

92 (33.5)

218 (53.8)

Others

0

2 (0.7)

2 (0.5)

Education level

   

Post graduate degree

34 (26.1)

4 (1.4)

38 (9.4)

Undergraduate degree

91 (70.0)

92 (33.5)

183 (45.2)

College degree or below

5 (3.9)

179 (65.1)

184 (45.4)

Work experience

   

Under 10 years

55 (42.6)

111 (40.9)

166 (41.5)

10–19 years

36 (27.9)

69 (25.5)

105 (26.2)

20–29 years

30 (23.3)

69 (25.5)

99 (24.8)

30 years and above

8 (6.2)

22 (8.1)

30 (7.5)

Age

   

Under 30 years

23 (17.7)

41 (15.0)

64 (15.8)

30–39 years

48 (36.9)

97 (35.5)

145 (36.0)

40–49 years

28 (21.5)

69 (25.3)

97 (24.1)

50 years and above

31 (23.9)

66 (24.2)

97 (24.1)