Table 1 Characteristics of the participants
Variable | n (%)†/Mean ± SD | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Physicians | Nurses (n = 293) | |||
Total (n = 181) | Attending (n = 94) | Resident (n = 87) | ||
Age (years) | 36.62 ± 8.11 | 42.40 ± 6.68 | 30.37 ± 3.64 | 33.53 ± 8.86 |
Gender | ||||
 Male | 118 (65.2) | 69 (73.4) | 49 (56.3) | 9 (3.1) |
 Female | 63 (34.8) | 25 (26.6) | 38 (43.7) | 284 (96.9) |
Work experience (years) | 6.57 ± 5.84 | 10.36 ± 5.92 | 2.54 ± 1.23 | 10.60 ± 9.07 |
 ≤ 1 | 15 (8.3) | 7 (7.5) | 8 (9.2) | 48 (16.5) |
 1–5 | 93 (51.7) | 16 (17.2) | 77 (88.5) | 107 (36.8) |
 5–10 | 24 (13.3) | 22 (23.7) | 2 (2.3) | 102 (35.1) |
 ≥ 10 | 48 (26.7) | 48 (51.6) | – | 34 (11.7) |
Department | ||||
 Internal medicine | 106 (58.6) | 42 (44.7) | 64 (73.6) | – |
 Non-internal medicine | 75 (41.4) | 52 (55.3) | 23 (26.4) | – |
Primary disease caring in practice | ||||
 Cancer | 117 (64.6) | 55 (58.5) | 62 (71.3) | 245 (83.6) |
 Non-cancer | 64 (35.4) | 39 (41.5) | 25 (28.7) | 48 (16.4) |