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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of general practitioners in different community healthcare centers

From: General practitioners’ hypertension knowledge and training needs: a survey in Xuhui district, Shanghai

Characteristics

 

Community healthcare centers

 
 

Total

1

2

3

4

5

P-value

 

(n = 147)

(n = 40)

(n = 38)

(n = 12)

(n = 32)

(n = 25)

 

Age 1(year), n(%)

0.018

  21 ~ 30

36 (25.5)

6 (16.2)

6 (17.1)

1 (8.3)

10 (31.3)

13 (52.0)

 

  31 ~ 40

53 (37.6)

9 (24.3)

17 (48.6)

7 (58.3)

12 (37.5)

8 (32.0)

 

  41 ~ 50

17 (12.1)

7 (18.9)

5 (14.3)

1 (8.3)

2 (6.3)

2 (8.0)

 

  ≥ 51

35 (24.8)

15 (40.5)

7 (20.0)

3 (25.0)

8 (25.0)

2 (8.0)

 

Gender 2, n(%)

0.121

  Male

57 (39.3)

12 (30.0)

16 (44.4)

3 (25.0)

18 (56.3)

8 (32.0)

 

  Female

88 (60.7)

28 (70.0)

20 (55.6)

9 (75.0)

14 (43.8)

17 (68.0)

 

Title 3, n(%)

0.003

  Junior physician

50 (34.7)

7 (18.0)

9 (25.0)

3 (25.0)

14 (43.8)

17 (68.0)

 

  Attending physician

71 (49.3)

22 (56.4)

20 (55.6)

6 (50.0)

16 (50.0)

7 (28.0)

 

  Senior physician

23 (16.0)

10 (25.6)

7 (19.4)

3 (25.0)

2 (6.3)

1 (4.0)

 

Working position 4, n(%)

< .0001

  Out-patient

47 (32.9)

12 (31.6)

15 (41.7)

1 (8.3)

19 (59.4)

0 (0.0)

 

  Ward

37 (25.9)

14 (36.8)

9 (25.0)

7 (58.3)

7 (21.9)

0 (0.0)

 

  Community health station

59 (41.3)

12 (31.6)

12 (33.3)

4 (33.3)

6 (18.8)

25 (100.0)

 

Education level 5, n(%)

0.066

  Professional school

9 (6.3)

5 (13.2)

1 (2.8)

0 (0.0)

2 (6.3)

1 (4.0)

 

  Medical College

17 (12.0)

8 (21.1)

3 (8.3)

0 (0.0)

6 (18.8)

0 (0.0)

 

  Medical University

111 (78.2)

23 (60.5)

31 (86.1)

10 (90.9)

24 (75.0)

23 (92.0)

 

  Graduate school

5 (3.5)

2 (5.3)

1 (2.8)

1 (9.1)

0 (0.0)

1 (4.0)

 

Years working 6, n(%)s

0.001

  ≤ 10

48 (33.6)

5 (12.8)

9 (25.0)

3 (25.0)

14 (45.2)

17 (68.0)

 

  10–19

48 (33.6)

11 (28.2)

17 (47.2)

5 (41.7)

10 (32.3)

5 (20.0)

 

  20–29

15 (10.5)

8 (20.5)

3 (8.3)

2 (16.7)

1 (3.2)

1 (4.0)

 

  ≥ 30

32 (22.4)

15 (38.5)

7 (19.4)

2 (16.7)

6 (19.4)

2 (8.0)

 
  1. Fisher’s exact test; Chi-square test.
  2. 1 Two subjects with missing values. 2 Six subjects with missing values. 3 Three subjects with missing values. 4 Four subjects with missing values. 5 Five subjects with missing values. 6 Four subjects with missing values.