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Table 2 Doctors' and nurses' general beliefs about medicines in terms of background variables

From: General beliefs about medicines among doctors and nurses in out-patient care: a cross-sectional study

 

General-Harm

(SD)

General-Benefit

(SD)

General-Overuse

(SD)

Sex #

Private practitioners

   

   Female

1.53 (0.45) *

4.45 (0.44)

2.93 (0.93)

   Male

1.75 (0.53)

4.36 (0.53)

2.75 (0.63)

General practitioners

   

   Female

1.73 (0.58)

4.34 (0.49)

3.07 (0.78)

   Male

1.81 (0.53)

4.20 (0.47)

3.16 (0.78)

Nurses

   

   Female

1.91 (0.53)

4.19 (0.50)

3.49 (0.77)

   Male

2.24 (1.02)

3.90 (1.18)

3.73 (1.14)

Own birth area #

Private practitioners

   

   Nordic countries

1.65 (0.48) *

4.41 (0.49)

2.87 (0.86)

   World

1.91 (0.65)

4.26 (0.57)

2.99 (0.92)

General practitioners

   

   Nordic countries

1.67 (0.49) ***

4.39 (0.42) ***

3.00 (0.75) **

   World

2.05 (0.65)

3.93 (0.52)

3.46 (0.74)

Parents birth area #

Private practitioners

   

   2 born within Nordic countries

1.65 (0.49) *

4.40 (0.50)

2.85 (0.86)

   ≥1 born outside Nordic countries

1.88 (0.61)

4.28 (0.54)

3.02 (0.90)

General practitioners

   

   2 born within Nordic countries

1.67 (0.50) **

4.40 (0.42) *

3.01 (0.75) ***

   ≥1 born outside Nordic countries

1.97 (0.55)

3.95 (0.49)

3.36 (0.75)

Nurses

   

   2 born within Nordic countries

1.92 (0.53)

4.17 (0.51)

3.48 (0.76)

   ≥1 born outside Nordic countries

1.92 (0.78)

4.38 (0.73)

3.73 (1.06)

Professional experience in years ¤ψ

Private practitioners

   

   ≤ 15

1.33 (0.21)

4.50 (0.39)

3.33 (0.99)

   16–30

1.71 (0.56)

4.38 (0.49)

2.95 (0.87)

   ≥ 31

1.69 (0.48)

4.41 (0.52)

2.80 (0.85)

General practitioners

   

   ≤ 15

1.76 (0.60)

4.26 (0.52)

3.23 (0.70) a, *

   16–30

1.69 (0.47)

4.29 (0.40)

3.02 (0.74)

   ≥ 31

1.82 (0.64)

4.31 (0.59)

2.83 (0.87) a

Nurses

   

   ≤ 15

1.81 (0.43)

4.28 (0.40)

3.30 (0.85)

   16–30

1.96 (0.58)

4.17 (0.54)

3.55 (0.80)

   ≥ 31

1.87 (0.53)

4.17 (0.52)

3.49 (0.66)

  1. ψ treated as categorical variables; Missing values not included; Variables without representatives in a category or showed no significance were not included in Table 2;
  2. *** p < 0.001, ** p < 0.01, * p < 0.05; # independent t-test; ¤ ANOVA was made to test any differences: pairs within a subpart and year marked with a are significantly different from each other (post hoc test: Tukey's B)