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Table 1 Demographics characteristics of participants and mean score obtained according to sex, type of physicians, medical departments and country

From: How much European prescribing physicians know about invasive fungal infections management?

Variable

N (%)

Score (Mean ± SD)

Pvalue

Demographics characteristics

   

  Age

   

   <30

40 (33.1)

5.3 ± 1.4

 

   ≥30

81 (66.9)

6.1 ± 1.8

0.01

   <40

75 (62)

5.3 ± 1.4

0.12

   ≥40

46 (38)

6.1 ± 1.8

 

  Years of practice (mean ± SD)

   

   <1

19 (15.8)

5 ± 0.9

 

   ≥1

102 (84.2)

6 ± 1.7

0.01

   <5

33 (27.8)

5 ± 1.3

<0.001

   ≥5

88 (72.7)

6.2 ± 1.7

 

  Sex

   

   Female

66 (54.5)

5.9 ± 1.6

0.52

   Male

55 (45.5)

5.7 ± 1.8

 

  Physicians’ category

   

   Residents

67 (55.4)

5.5 ± 1.6

0.01

   Staff physicians

54 (44.6)

6.3 ± 1.8

 

  Type of departments(a)

   

   Medical

62 (51.2)

6.2 ± 1.9

 

   Intensive care units

52 (43)

5.5 ± 1.4

0.01

   Surgical

4 (3.3)

5.5 ± 1.5

 

   Pharmaceutical

3 (2.5)

5.5 ± 0.5

 

  Country(b)

   

   Spain

65 (53.7)

5.6 ± 1.7

 

   Italy

21 (17.4)

7.3 ± 1.4

<0.01

   Denmark

20 (16.5)

5.0 ± 1.6

 

   Germany

15 (12.4)

5.8 ± 1.1

 
  1. (a)Although statistical differences in mean scores were not found between the different departments in the simple linear regression analysis, they were found between medical departments and the remaining 3 after adjusting for sex, postgraduate education, and physician category. (b)Statistical differences in mean scores were found between Italians responders and the other physicians in the simple linear regression analysis. This difference remains after adjusting for sex, post-graduate education and physician category.