Are German family practitioners and psychiatrists sufficiently trained to diagnose and treat patients with alcohol problems?

Table 1 Characteristics of study participants

Variable	N	%
Gender	965	100
Male	464	48.1
Female	501	51.9
Missing values	9
Age	967	100
< 40 years	93	9.6
40–44 years	93	9.6
45–49 years	141	14.6
50–54 years	224	23.2
55–59 years	178	18.4
60–64 years	118	12.2
> 64 years	120	12.4
Missing values	7
Federal state	970	100
Saxony	598	61.6
Rhineland-Palatinate	372	38.4
Missing values	4
Medical speciality	936	100
Family practitioner	845	90.3
Psychiatrist	91	9.7
Missing values	38
Practise location	965	100
Rural area	498	51.6
Urban area	467	48.4
Missing values	9
Physician in private practice since	964	100
< 11 years	307	31.8
11–20 years	238	24.7
> 20 years	419	43.5
Missing values	10
Patients treated per quarter	959	100
Up to 500	77	8.0
Up to 1000	405	42.2
Up to 1500	355	37.0
> 1500	122	12.7
Missing values	15
Continuing medical education “alcohol dependency”	961	100
< 4 h	263	27.4
4–10 h	206	21.4
> 10 h	266	27.7
Do not know	226	23.5
Missing values	13
Board certificate “treating addiction in primary care”	970	100
Yes	42	4.3
No	928	95.7
Missing values	4

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