Table 1 Characteristics of the participants
From: Does special education in palliative medicine make a difference in end-of-life decision-making?
| Â | Competency in PM | Surgeons | Internists | GPs | Oncologists | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number (% of total) | 67 | (10) | 142 | (20) | 153 | (22) | 245 | (35) | 92 | (13) | 699 | (100) |
Response rate, % | 82 | Â | 47 | Â | 51 | Â | 49 | Â | 63 | Â | 53 | Â |
Female, n (%) | 57 | (85) | 47 | (33) | 81 | (53) | 173 | (71) | 73 | (79) | 431 | (62) |
Median age (IQR) | 55 | (49–58) | 52 | (44–59) | 53 | (46–59) | 49 | (38–57) | 49 | (41–56) | 52 | (43–58) |
Age distribution, n (%) | ||||||||||||
  < 35 | 0 | (0) | 4 | (3) | 4 | (3) | 42 | (17) | 2 | (2) | 52 | (7) |
 35–49 | 20 | (30) | 52 | (37) | 51 | (33) | 84 | (34) | 46 | (50) | 253 | (36) |
  > 49 | 47 | (70) | 86 | (61) | 98 | (64) | 119 | (49) | 44 | (48) | 394 | (56) |
Years from graduation, median (IQR)a | 27 | (21–32) | 26 | (17–34) | 26 | (20–32) | 21 | (9–31) | 22 | (14–29) | 25 | (15–32) |