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Table 1 Physicians’ demographic and professional characteristics (N = 121)

From: Communication strategies used by medical physicians when delivering bad news at the Maputo Central Hospital, Mozambique: a cross-sectional study

Variables

Descriptives

Age in yearsa, med [1st Q; 3rd Q]

36 [32; 41.8]

Practice yearsb, med [1st Q; 3rd Q]

8 [5;13.3]

Practice years in actual servicec, med [1st Q; 3rd Q]

3 [1; 7]

Sex, n (%)

 

Male

62 (51.2)

Female

59 (48.8)

Professional category, n (%)

 

General Clinic

110 (90.9)

Specialist

11 (9.1)

Services, n (%)

 

Gynecology/Obstetrics

17 (14)

Medicine

76 (62.8)

Surgery

21 (17.4)

Orthopedics

7 (5.8)

  1. a, b, c Only 120, 118 and 119 professionals gave information, respectively.