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Table 1 Characteristics of survey participants and practices (n = 88 a; n (%), unless otherwise specified)

From: General practitioners’ approaches to prostate-specific antigen testing in the north-east of the Netherlands

Variable

Categories

n (%)

Age (years)

n/a

54.0 (12.0) b

Sex

Male

61 (70.9)

Female

25 (29.1)

Work experience as GP

0–5 years

3 (3.4)

6–10 years

7 (8.0)

≥ 11 years

77 (88.5)

Amount of FTE

n/a

0.9 (0.2) b

Work experience in urology

Yes

28 (32.2)

No

59 (67.8)

Participation in a course on PSA testing

Yes

51 (58.6)

No

36 (41.4)

Number of GPs per practice

1

16 (18.4)

2

35 (40.2)

≥3

36 (41.4)

Pharmacist services provided in GP practice

Yes

18 (20.7)

No

69 (79.3)

Number of patients per practice (FTE)

n/a

2500 (650) b

  1. FTE Full-time equivalent, GP General practitioner, IQR Interquartile range, n/a Not applicable, a = numbers (%) of participants. Numbers may not add up to total, due to missing values, b = median (IQR).