Age in years |
50
|
53
|
<0.01
| 50 | 52 | 0.11 |
50
|
54
|
0.01
|
Sex (%) female | 18 | 14 | 0.19 | 11 | 16 | 0.43 |
14
|
5.1
|
<0.01
|
Years in practice |
23
|
26
|
<0.01
| 24 | 25 | 0.27 | 24 | 28 | 0.11 |
Specialty (%) | | |
<0.01
| | | 0.87 | | | 0.05 |
None |
21
|
79
| | 64 | 36 | | 75 | 25 | |
Internal medicine |
53
|
47
| | 46 | 54 | | 89 | 11 | |
General medicine |
51
|
49
| | 48 | 52 | | 77 | 23 | |
Family medicine |
36
|
64
| | 48 | 52 | | 83 | 17 | |
Country (%) | | |
<0.01
| | | 0.15 | | | 0.04 |
Italy |
36
|
64
| | 46 | 54 | | 85 | 15 | |
Norway |
44
|
56
| | 45 | 55 | | 81 | 19 | |
Switzerland |
48
|
52
| | 45 | 55 | | 81 | 20 | |
UK |
61
|
39
| | 56 | 44 | | 84 | 16 | |
Training in ethics (%) | 58 | 48 | 0.026 | 60 | 53 | 0.58 | 57 | 56 | 0.71 |
Confidence about knowledge in ethics, score | 3 | 3.1 | 0.106 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 0.30 |
3
|
3.4
|
<0.01
|
Hospital based (%) |
48
|
29
|
<0.01
| 43 | 40 | 0.25 | 43 | 25 | 0.037 |
No. of hours a week spent in inpatient care |
20
|
13
|
<0.01
| 18 | 16 | 0.16 |
18
|
9.3
|
<0.01
|
No. of hours a week spent in outpatient care |
24
|
28
|
<0.01
| 25 | 25 | 0.27 |
24
|
30
|
<0.01
|
Appointment with a university department (%) | 18 | 20 | 0.71 | 21 | 17 | 0.37 | 17 | 21 | 0.05 |
Experience with ethical difficulties, score | NA | NA | NA |
10
|
11.1
|
<0.01
|
10.9
|
8.6
|
<0.01
|
Satisfaction with the resolution of a case, score |
5.6
|
6.1
|
<0.01
| NA | NA | NA |
5.8
|
6.7
|
<0.01
|
Perception of help as useful, score |
12.2
|
9.8
|
<0.01
|
8.9
|
12.6
|
<0.01
| NA | NA | NA |
Admitting hospital | | | | | | | | | |
Not for profit (%) | 49 | 51 | 0.13 |
88
|
79
|
<0.01
| 85 | 75 | 0.68 |
Public (%) | 95 | 93 | 0.89 | 95 | 91 | 0.56 | 94 | 94 | 0.82 |
Teaching hospital (%) | 45 | 46 | 0.80 | 50 | 44 | 0.28 | 45 | 49 | 0.30 |