Table 1 Total numbers of additional questions and percentages of physicians who would ask the patient different types of additional questions by country
Countries | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
p country | Germany | UK | US | Tukey's Multiple Comparison | |
Number of questions (means) | < .0001 | 3.1 | 5.5 | 8.7 | US > UK > Germany |
Questions about (%) | |||||
pathology | .3879 | 69 | 77 | 71 | UK = US = Germany |
medical history | < .0001 | 39 | 62 | 83 | US > UK > Germany |
pain | < .0001 | 32 | 57 | 62 | US = UK > Germany |
smoking | < .0001 | 20 | 48 | 57 | US = UK > Germany |
alcohol | < .0001 | 8 | 31 | 34 | US = UK > Germany |
psychological state | .0226 | 20 | 33 | 35 | US = UK > Germany |
social | .0901 | 17 | 14 | 25 | US = Germany = UK |
general | < .0001 | 30 | 62 | 83 | US > UK > Germany |