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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of respondents

From: Molluscum contagiosum survey – common approach and attitude towards treatment and research in Dutch general practice

GP characteristics (N = 129)

 Mean age in years (SD, range)

45.1 (9.7, 27–69)

 Aged ≥ 40 (%)

85 (65.9)

 Aged ≥ 50 (%)

38 (29.5)

 Gender, female (%)

95 (73.6)

 Mean working experience in years (SD, range)

13.7 (9.4, 1–40)

Parent and children characteristics (N = 105)

 Parent’s age in years, mean (SD)

38.9 (5.4)

 Parent’s gender, female (%)

92 (87.6)

 Number of children, mean (SD)

2.3 (0.8)

 Number of children per parent

 

  1 child (%)

15 (14.3)

  2 children (%)

56 (53.3)

  3 children (%)

27 (25.7)

  4 children (%)

7 (6.7)

 Children’s mean age in years (SD, range)

6.4 (3.9, 0–18)

 Children’s mean age in years per child

 

  Mean age 1st child (SD, range)

8.0 (4.0, 0–18)

  Mean age 2nd child (SD, range)

5.7 (3.7, 0–16)

  Mean age 3rd child (SD, range)

3.9 (4.0, 0–15)

  Mean age 4th child (SD, range)

3.1 (2.7, 0–7)

  1. N = number of responding GPs/parents, SD = standard deviation