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Table 1 Characteristics of the participants

From: Changes in attitudes towards hastened death among Finnish physicians over the past sixteen years

 

Surgeons

Internists

GPs

Oncologists

Total

1999

2015

1999

2015

1999

2015

1999

2015

1999

2015

Number (% of total)

175

(24)

142

(22)

184

(25)

153

(24)

316

(43)

245

(38)

54

(7)

104

(16)

729

(100)

644

(100)

Response rate, %

 

58

 

47

 

61

 

47

 

63

 

49

 

51

 

66

 

62

 

51

Female, n (%)

33

(19)

47

(33)

60

(33)

81

(53)

170

(55)

173

(71)

30

(56)

85

(82)

293

(41)

386

(60)

Mean age (range)

48

(33–66)

51

(33–64)

48

(32–70)

52

(33–65)

42

(25–63)

47

(25–65)

46

(35–61)

48

(32–67)

45

(25–70)

50

(25–67)

Working placea

 Outpatient unit

1

(1)

2

(1)

15

(9)

15

(10)

242

(78)

208

(86)

2

(4)

4

(4)

260

(37)

229

(36)

 Hospital

146

(85)

124

(88)

123

(71)

122

(82)

33

(11)

24

(10)

44

(83)

91

(88)

346

(49)

361

(57)

 Other

24

(14)

15

(11)

35

(20)

12

(8)

35

(11)

10

(4)

7

(13)

8

(8)

101

(14)

45

(7)

Years from graduation, median (range)b

22

(2–42)

26

(7–42)

21

(7–41)

26

(8–42)

16

(1–35)

21

(0–40)

18

(9–34)

22

(7–40)

19

(1–42)

23

(0–42)

Married, n (%)

140

(81)

119

(84)

142

(79)

124

(81)

228

(73)

198

(81)

45

(83)

71

(71)

555

(77)

512

(80)

  1. aFor 32 participants working place was not available
  2. bFor 19 participants year of graduation was not available
  3. GP general practitioner