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Table 1 Characteristics of GPs. Age, gender and type of clinic are shown for all GPs in the Central Denmark Region (study base), GPs responding to the knowledge and attitude questionnaire, GPs completing the vignettes and GPs assessing risk of cancer for continuous patients. GPs are divided into the CME-participating GPs and the reference GPs

From: Impact of continuing medical education in cancer diagnosis on GP knowledge, attitude and readiness to investigate – a before-after study

  

GP characteristics

 

N (%)

Mean age Years (95 % CI)

Proportion of males % (95 % CI)

Proportion of solo GPs % (95 % CI)

Study base

    

  Total

831 (100)

52.3 (51.7; 52.8)

54.3 (50.9; 57.7)

24.1 (21.2; 27.0)

  Reference GPs

634 (76.3)

52.4 (51.7; 53.0)

56.5 (52.6; 60.3)

26.0 (22.6; 29.4)

  CME-participating GPs

197 (23.7)

51.9 (50.8; 53.0)

47.2 (40.2; 54.2)

17.8 (12.4; 23.2)

GPs that completed knowledge and attitudes items

    

  Reference GPs

121 (19.1)

49.8 (48.3; 51.4)

57.9 (48.9; 66.8)

24.0 (16.3; 31.7)

  CME-participating GPs

81 (41.1)

50.7 (48.8; 52.5)

46.9 (35.8; 58.0)

18.5 (9.9; 27.2)

GPs that completed vignettes

    

  Reference GPs

116 (18.3)

49.9 (48.4; 51.5)

58.6 (49.5; 67.7)

23.3 (15.5; 31.1)

  CME-participating GPs

80 (40.6)

50.5 (48.7; 52.4)

47.5 (36.3; 58.7)

18.8 (10.0; 27.5)

GPs that assessed risk of cancer on urgently referred patients

    

  Reference GPs, before

384 (60.6)

51.6 (50.8; 52.4)

52.6 (47.6; 57.6)

26.8 (22.4; 31.3)

  Reference GPs, after

364 (57.4)

51.7 (50.8; 52.6)

53.6 (48.4; 58.7)

22.3 (18.0; 26.5)

  CME-participating GPs, before

148 (75.1)

51.6 (50.3; 52.9)

45.9 (37.8; 54.1)

17.6 (11.4; 23.8)

  CME-participating GPs, after

160 (81.2)

51.9 (50.6; 53.1)

46.9 (39.1; 54.7)

15.6 (9.9; 21.3)