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Table 2 Demographics of the participating GPs (n = 84; men 59, women 25), and their proportion of patients with persistent MUPS among all consultations during the four-week registration period

From: Patients with persistent medically unexplained physical symptoms: a descriptive study from Norwegian general practice

 

Total

Men

Women

 

Mean

(SD)

Range

Mean

(SD)

Range

Mean

(SD)

Range

Age*

48.0

(11.37)

26-68

49.9

(11.63)

26-68

43.5

(9.49)

26-60

Years in practice*

17.8

(12.15)

0-42

20.3

(12.27)

0-42

11.8

(9.98)

0-32

List length

1107

(340.0)

370-2496

1126

(364.2)

370-2496

1061

(277.4)

460-1450

MUPS-patientsˡ

6.38

(4.97)

0-26

6.32

(5.39)

0-26

6.52

(3.91)

0-15

N consultations

210.33

(82.55)

48-394

218.8

(77.8)

57-363

190.4

(91.40)

48-394

  1. *Difference between genders is significant at the 0.05 level.
  2. ˡAssociation between number of patients with persistent MUPS and total consultations at the level of 0.01 (pearson p = 0.001, spearman, p = 0.003).