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Table 1 Sample characteristics of the participants, specialty, gender, experience, age and experience of suicide in patients (n = 300)

From: Perceived competence and attitudes towards patients with suicidal behaviour: a survey of general practitioners, psychiatrists and internists

 

General practice

Psychiatry

Internal medicine

p-valuea

N = 300/750

250

250

250

 
 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

 
 

91 (36)

102 (41)

107 (43)

 

Female gender

31 (34)

48 (47)

30 (28)

0.015

Experience (years)

    

0–5

4 (4)

7 (7)

29 (27)

<0.001

6–10

11 (12)

14 (14)

16 (15)

 

11–20

25 (28)

29 (28)

20 (19)

 

21–30

30 (33)

25 (25)

21 (20)

 

>30

19 (21)

27 (27)

21 (20)

 

Missing

2 (2)

   

Age groups (years)

   

<0.001

< 30

12 (11)

 

30–40

16 (18)

26 (26)

37 (35)

 

41–50

28 (31)

26 (26)

22 (21)

 

51–60

35 (39)

25 (25)

24 (22)

 

>60

12 (13)

24 (24)

12 (11)

 

Missing

-

1 (1)

-

 

Experienced suicide

68 (75)

73 (72)

38 (36)

<0.001

  1. aChi-square test and ANOVA.