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Table 1 Characteristics of respondents

From: Barriers and attitudes towards cervical cancer screening in primary healthcare in Poland - doctors’ perspective

Feature

Total N (%)

Willing to perform Pap smear N (%)

Unwilling to perform Pap smear N (%)

P-value

Gender

Women

24 (55.81)

16 (48.48)

8 (80.00)

0.079

Men

19 (44.19)

17 (51.52)

2 (20.00)

 

Experience in PC

  < 5 years

12 (27.91)

11 (33.33)

1 (10.00)

0.305

5–10 years

16 (37.21)

12 (36.36)

4 (40.00)

 

  > 10 years

15 (34.88)

10 (30.30)

5 (50.00)

 

Specialty

Family Medicine

40 (93.02)

31 (93.94)

9 (90.00)

0.668

Other

3 (6.98)

2 (6.06)

1 (10.00)

 

Place of work

Big city

20 (46.51)

12 (36.36)

5 (50.00)

0.731

Small town

6 (13.95)

5 (15.15)

1 (10.00)

 

Village

17 (39.53)

16 (48.48)

4 (40.00)

 

Patients’ structure

Adults

only

11 (25.58)

25 (75.76)

7 (70.00)

0.714

Adults and children

32 (74.42)

8 (24.24)

3 (30.00)

 

Experience in pap smear performance

Yes

15 (34.88)

13 (39.39)

2 (20.00)

0.260

No

28 (65.12)

20 (60.61)

8 (80.00)

 

Median age (Q1;Q3)

36 (32;48)

34 (30;47)

43 (35;50)

0.136

Median number of patient visits per week (Q1;Q3)

150 (100;200)

120 (82;155)

162 (150;200)

0.072