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Table 1 Characteristics of 327 Dutch respondents in the online questionnaire on PaTz-participation and palliative care

From: The association between PaTz and improved palliative care in the primary care setting: a cross-sectional survey

Characteristicsa

Total

General practitioners (n = 98)

District nurses (n = 229)

N = 327

PaTz

N = 69 (70%)

No PaTz

N = 29 (30%)

PaTz

N = 64 (28%)

No PaTz

N = 165 (72%)

Female gender, N (%)

280 (86%)

50 (73%)

17 (59%)

57 (91%)

156 (95%)

Age, (mean (SD))

47 (10.6)

50 (8.5)

47 (8.9)

46 (11.3)

46 (11.1)

Working part-time, N (%)

252 (77%)

51 (74%)

18 (62%)

37 (58%)1

146 (89%)1

Part-time hours per week, mean (SD)

26 (8.6)

31 (8.7)

30 (5.6)

24 (8.3)

24 (8.2)

Working experience, mean years (SD)

14 (10.4)

18 (8.9)

15 (10.0)

13 (8.9)

13 (11.1)

Training in palliative care, N (%)

190 (58%)

37 (54%)

14 (48%)

39 (61%)

100 (61%)

  1. aMissing data < 5% for each variable
  2. 1Statistically significant difference found for ‘working part-time’ in DNs between PaTz and No PaTz (p < 0.001)