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Table 1 Demographics of primary care physicians

From: Assessing changes in knowledge, attitude and practices on dengue diagnosis and management among primary care physicians after the largest dengue epidemic in Singapore

Years

2011 N = 364 (%)

2014 N = 293 (%)

P value

CFPS 2011a N = 1400 (%)

Gender

 Male

223 (61.3)

157 (53.6)

0.046

(60)

 D.N.P.

3 (0.8)

1 (0.3)

  

Age

 21–40 years

111 (30.5)

82 (28.0)

 

(58) for <45 yrs

 41–60 years

185 (50.8)

185 (63.1)

  

 61 years or above

67 (18.4)

26 (8.9)

<0.001

(42) for ≥45 yrs

 D.N.P.

1 (0.3)

0

  

Highest Qualifications

 M.B.,B.S. (or equivalent) only

231 (63.5)

133 (45.4)

 

N.A.

 Post-graduate degrees

124 (34.1)

158 (53.9)

<0.001

N.A.

 D.N.P.

9 (2.4)

2 (0.7)

  

Practice

 Private

253 (69.5)

206 (70.3)

 

(55.9)

 Polyclinic

105 (28.8)

87 (29.7)

0.931

(44.1)

 D.N.P.

6 (1.7)

0

  
  1. Post-graduate degrees- Graduate Diploma in Family Medicine, Master in Medicine (Family Medicine), Membership of Royal College of Physicians
  2. P values calculated by Fisher’s exact test. P value in bold represents a statistical significant difference
  3. D.N.P. Data not provided by participants, M.B.B.S. Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, N.A. Not available
  4. a CFPS College of Family Physicians Singapore (As of June 2011) [24]