Table 1 Description of the study sample (n = 413)
Characteristics | Numbers (%) | Number of registered physicians (%)# | |
|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Male | 209 (50.8) | 26,103 (50.3) |
Female | 201 (48.9) | 25,820 (49.7) | |
Professional title | General practitioner | 321 (78.0) | 34,363 (66.2) |
general internal medicine physician | 53 (13.0) | 17,560 (33.8) | |
Post-graduate GP trainee | 31 (8,0) | n.a. | |
Area of work | Urban | 233 (56.4) | n.a. |
Rural | 176 (42.6) | n.a. | |
Professional experience | ≤ 5 years | 132 (32.0) | n.a. |
Between 6 and 10 years | 78 (18.9) | n.a. | |
Between 11 and 19 years | 93 (22.5) | n.a. | |
≥ 20 years | 108 (26.2) | n.a. | |
Employment form | Self-employed | 305 (73.8) | 41,180 (79.3) |
Employed | 106 (25.7) | 9,473 (18.2) | |
Age in years: mean (SD); range | 49.8 (10.6); 25–80 | 55.3 | |
Fears of legal consequences: mean (SD)* | 3.5 (1.4) | n.a. | |
Estimation of the likelihood of being sued in a job-related civil action in the next 10 years: mean (SD)* | 3.0 (1.3) | n.a. | |