Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study population (N = 120).
From: Providing cell phone numbers and email addresses to Patients: the physician's perspective
Variable | Result |
|---|---|
Age in years (N = 118) | |
Mean ± SD | 41.2 ± 8.5 |
Range | 26-57 |
Gender | |
Male | 32 (26.7%) |
Female | 88 (73.3%) |
Family status | |
Single | 10 (8.3%) |
Married | 102 (85.0%) |
Divorced | 8 (6.7%) |
Country of medical studies | |
Israel | 17 (43.6) |
Former Soviet Union | 11 (28.2) |
Other | 11 (28.2) |
Total | 39 |
Primary place of work | |
Urban clinic | 94 (78.3%) |
Rural clinic/kibbutz | 26 (21.7%)0 0 |
Seniority as primary care physician (yrs) | |
Mean ± SD (yrs) | 12.4 ± 7.7 |
Range | 0-35 |
Present work status | |
Clinic director | 11 (9.2%) |
Specialist in family medicine | 59 (49.6%) |
Resident in family medicine | 48 (40.3%) |
General practitioner | 1 (0.8%) |