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Table 1 Demographics of the participants (n = 466)

From: Japanese primary care physicians’ experience in treating their family members: a cross-sectional study

 

With experience

in treating family members or relatives n = 370:

n (%)

Without experience

in treating family members or relatives n = 96:

n (%)

Gender

 Man

295 (79.7)

69 (71.9)

 Woman

71 (19.2)

26 (27.1)

 Others

1 (0.3)

1 (1.0)

 No response

3 (0.8)

0

Age (year)

  < 45

171 (46.2)

70 (72.9)

 45–64

180 (48.6)

24 (25.0)

  ≥ 65

19 (5.1)

2 (2.1)

Field of Practice

 Clinic without admission

130 (35.1)

18 (18.8)

 Clinic with admission (1–19 beds)

11 (3.0)

2 (2.1)

 Hospital (20–199 beds)

99 (26.8)

19 (19.8)

 Hospital (200–499 beds)

59 (15.9)

27 (28.1)

 Hospital (500 beds or more)

66 (17.8)

29 (30.2)

 Others

5 (1.4)

1 (1.0)

Geographic location

 Isolated island

7 (1.9)

3 (3.1)

 Rural area

40 (10.8)

8 (9.4)

 Not isolated island nor rural area

323 (87.3)

84 (87.5)

Presence of a doctor in family

 Yes

162 (43.8)

30 (31.3)

 No

208 (56.2)

66 (68.8)