Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the study population by sector of practice

N = 311

Public

(n = 249)

Private (n = 62)

p value

Sex

0.334

 Male

215 (69.1)

174 (69.9)

41 (66.1)

 Female

96 (30.9)

75 (30.1)

21 (33.9)

Age, years

43.8 ± 11.2

41.6 ± 10.3

44.2 ± 11.8

0.269

Age group

 25–29

42 (13.5)

30 (12.0)

12 (19.4)

0.125

 30–39

93 (29.9)

74 (29.7)

19 (30.6)

0.987

 40–49

101 (32.5)

79 (31.7)

22 (35.5)

0.589

 50–59

56 (18.0)

49 (19.7)

7 (11.3)

0.098

 ≥ 60

19 (6.1)

17 (6.8)

2 (3.2)

0.158

Qualification

< 0.001

 GPs

190 (61.1)

167 (67.1)

23 (37.1)

 SPs

121 (38.9)

82 (32.9)

39 (62.9)

Area of specialization

0.001

 Internal medicine

46 (14.8)

26 (10.4)

20 (8.0)

< 0.001

  Cardiologist

13 (4.2)

6 (2.4)

7 (2.8)

0.489

  Other IM specialists

33 (10.6)

20 (8.0)

13 (21.0)

0.011

 Gynecology obstetrics

23 (7.4)

17 (6.8)

6 (9.6)

0.122

 Surgery

20 (6.4)

14 (5.6)

6 (9.6)

0.291

 Pediatrics

25 (8.0)

18 (7.2)

7 (11.2)

0.117

 Others

7 (2.2)

7 (2.8)

0 (0.0)

Internist

0.158

 Cardiologists

13 (4.2)

6 (2.4)

7 (18.0)

 Other internists

33 (10.6)

20 (8.0)

13 (21.0)