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Table 1 Description of the eligible practitioners

From: Roles and practices of general practitioners and psychiatrists in management of depression in the community

 

Eligible GPs

Eligible psychiatrists

 

participants

non-participant

 

participants

non-participant

 
 

at least one patient

no patient included

  

at least one patient

no patient included

  
 

n = 2175

n = 395

N = 7021

P*

n = 305

n = 56

N = 1454

P*

Distribution within the type of practitioner (%)

22.7

4.1

73.2

 

16.8

3.1

80.1

 

Female gender (%)

20.7

14.1

na

0.003

38.3

26.3

na

0.09

Regional distribution (%)

   

<0.001

   

<0.001

Paris, surrounding departments

9.7

13.2

14.8

 

21.0

22.4

27.5

 

Paris basin

13.7

16.7

18.3

 

10.2

19.0

14.4

 

East

11.5

10.4

12.2

 

8.9

8.6

12.6

 

North-east

10.9

6.1

8.5

 

5.6

5.2

7.7

 

North

6.2

6.1

6.3

 

6.9

6.9

3.3

 

West

17.6

8.9

13.6

 

13.1

6.9

11.2

 

South-west

15.7

19.7

12.3

 

14.4

10.3

10.1

 

Mediterranean region

14.6

19.0

14.0

 

20.0

20.7

13.2

 

Age (%)

  

na

0.16

  

na

0.46

40 years and less

20.8

16.7

  

11.1

5.7

  

41–50 years

48.3

49.0

  

48.3

49.1

  

50 years and more

30.8

34.3

  

40.6

45.3

  

Mean # of years of private practice (sd)

17.4 (8.3)

17.7 (7.8)

na

0.51

16.1 (7.2)

15.6 (6.8)

na

0.67

Mean # of patient consultations per month (sd)

468.6 (210.1)

526.7 (216.5)

na

0.08

302 (240.0)

na

na

-

Proportion of depressed patient/overall patient of the physician

  

na

0.19

 

na

na

-

≤ 5

15.5

12.0

  

0.0

   

6–10

43.5

32.0

  

2.0

   

11–20

33.3

36.0

  

5.6

   

21–30

4.3

12.0

  

12.3

   

31–40

2.5

8.0

  

23.3

   

41–50

0.5

0.0

  

20.9

   

>50

0.3

0.0

  

35.9

   
  1. * chi2 test, comparison of participants having included at least one patient v participants not having included any patient v. non participants (if data available),
  2. na: data non available