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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Patients’ experiences of the use of point-of-care ultrasound in general practice – a cross-sectional study

Patient characteristics(N = 564)

N (%)

Agea

  < 20 years

13 (2)

 20–39 years

164 (29)

 40–59 years

199 (35)

 60–79 years

157 (28)

  > 79 years

29 (5)

Gendera

 Male

186 (33)

 Female

376 (67)

Employment

 Currently working

308 (55)

 Unemployed

15 (3)

 Currently a student

44 (8)

 Retired

160 (28)

 Other

33 (6)

Level of education after primary school

 Short specialized trainingb

6 (1)

 Trade/technical/vocational trainingb

126 (22)

 Short education (corresponding to an Associate’s degree)

67 (12)

 Medium education (corresponding to a Bachelor’s degree)

159 ( 28)

 Longer education (corresponding to a Master’s degree)

61 (11)

 Other education

68 (12)

 Currently a student

25 ( 4)

 Do not know

39 (7)

Place of residence

 Capital Region of Denmark

145 (26)

 Region Zealand

25 (4)

 Region of Southern Denmark

190 (34)

 Central Denmark Region

99 (18)

 North Denmark Region

105 (19)

  1. POCUS Point-of-care ultrasonography
  2. aIn comparison missing patients had a mean age of 46 years and were 50% male
  3. b No high-school requirement