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Table 1 Participants´ characteristics

From: Attitudes towards prescribing cognitive enhancers among primary care physicians in Germany

Participants (total)

N = 832 (100.0%)

Gender

 

Male

567 (68.1%)

Female

259 (31.1%)

No answer

6 (0.7%)

Age

 

Years (Mean ± SD)

30.0 – 81.0 years (54.3 ± 8.2)

30 – 39

40 (4.8%)

40 – 49

196 (23.5%)

50 – 59

318 (3.2%)

60 – 69

240 (28.9%)

70 – 79

11 (1.3%)

80 – 89

1 (0.1%)

Family status

 

Married

734 (88.2%)

Divorced

49 (5.9%)

Single

28 (9.4%)

Widowed

12 (1.4%)

No answer

8 (1.0%)

Children

 

Participants living with children

487 (58.5%)

Participants living without children

330 (39.7%)

No answer

15 (1.8%)

Certificate of Added Qualification:

 

Yes

504 (60.6%)

No

328 (39.4%)

No answer

0 (0.0%)

Years working as a physician (Mean ± SD)

4.0 – 55.0 years (26.3 ± 8.5)

Years working in an own office outside of a hospital setting

 

(Mean ± SD)

0.5 – 47.0 years (18.6 ± 9.3)

Living in a town (> 100.000)

114 (13.7%)

Living in a small town/village (< 100.000)

548 (65.9%)

Estimated hours of work (per week) (Mean ± SD):

8.0 – 103.0 hours (50.2 ± 14.5)

  1. Demographic data of participants. Means are given with standard deviation (Mean ± standard deviation (SD)).