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Table 1 Baseline respondent characteristics

From: Primary care physicians’ familiarity, beliefs, and perceived barriers to practice guidelines in non-diabetic CKD: a survey study

 

N (%)

Female*

45 (34.4)

Patient care time

 

  10-40%

18 (11.9)

  50-70%

23 (15.2)

  80-100%

110 (72.8)

Years since medical school

 

  1-10

45 (29.8)

  11-20

42 (27.8)

  21-30

36 (23.8)

  >30

28 (18.5)

Specialty

 

  Family medicine

59 (39.1)

  Internal medicine

85 (56.3)

  Other (geriatrics, internal medicine-pediatrics)

7 (4.6)

Practice location

 

  Urban

57 (37.8)

  Suburban

69 (45.7)

  Rural

25 (16.6)

Practice organization

 

  Solo/2 person practice

19 (12.6)

  Private group

51 (33.8)

  Healthcare organization or HMO

28 (18.5)

  University based

31 (20.5)

  Government

8 (5.3)

  Hospitalist

13 (8.6)

  Other (corporate medical)

1 (0.7)

  1. Continuous variables are presented as means with standard deviations.
  2. Categorical variables are expressed as percentages and N.
  3. N = 151 unless otherwise specified. N <165 due to 14 partial respondents who did not complete the questionnaire.
  4. *N = 131.