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Table 2 Socio-demography

From: A nationwide postal survey on the perception of Malaysian public healthcare providers on family medicine specialists’ (PERMFAMS) clinical performance, professional attitudes and research visibility

Socio-demography

Total

Public healthcare facility

X 2 */F

P value

Health clinics

Health office

Hospitals

Age, mean (SD)

38.2 (8.83)

36.3 (9.25)

38.9 (9.87)

39.4 (6.78)

9.48

<0.0001

Gender

Male

282 (100.0)

84 (29.8)

62 (22.0)

136 (48.2)

51.94

<0.0001

Female

485 (100.0)

191 (39.4)

181 (37.3)

113 (23.3)

Total

767 (100.0)

275 (35.9)

243 (31.7)

249 (32.5)

  

Profession

Senior Consultants

26 (100.0)

0

0

26 (100.0)

792.37

<0.0001

Consultants

55 (100.0)

0

1 (1.8)

54 (98.2)

Clinical Specialists

138 (100.0)

1 (0.7)

0

137 (99.3)

Public Health Physicians

11 (100.0)

1 (9.1)

10 (90.9)

0

Medical Officers

131 (100.0)

46 (35.1)

65 (49.6)

20 (15.3)

Assistant Medical Officer

68 (100.0)

41 (60.3)

27 (39.7)

0

Pharmacists

36 (100.0)

33 (91.7)

3 (8.3)

0

Matrons & Sisters

57 (100.0)

17 (29.8)

40 (70.2)

0

Staff Nurses

82 (100.0)

50 (61.0)

31 (37.8)

1 (1.2)

Community Nurses

49 (100.0)

28 (57.1)

20 (40.8)

1 (2.0)

Nutritionists & Dieticians

15 (100.0)

5 (33.3)

10 (66.7)

0

Physiotherapists & Occupational therapists

6 (100.0)

6 (100.0)

0

0

Medical Laboratory Technicians

20 (100.0)

20 (100.0)

0

0

Radiographers

8 (100.0)

8 (100.0)

0

0

Others

63 (100.0)

22 (34.9)

39 (61.9)

2 (3.2)

Total

765 (100.0)

278 (36.3)

246 (32.2)

241 (31.5)

  

Average number of encounter with FMS

Almost every working day

96 (100.0)

53 (55.2)

41 (42.7)

2 (2.1)

209.27

<0.0001

1-3 times per week

150 (100.0)

84 (56.0)

54 (36.0)

12 (8.0)

1-3 times per month

182 (100.0)

65 (35.7)

74 (40.7)

43 (23.6)

1-6 times per year

203 (100.0)

30 (14.8)

39 (19.2)

134 (66.0)

< 6 times per year

46 (100.0)

17 (37.0)

15 (32.6)

14 (30.4)

Never

4 (100.0)

2 (50.0)

2 (50.0)

0

Total

681 (100.0)

251 (36.9)

225 (33.0)

205 (30.1)

  

Length in medical service (year), mean (SD)

11.4 (9.01)

11.3 (8.68)§

14.1 (10.05)§

8.8 (7.40)§

22.59

<0.0001

Length of service in current health facility (year), mean (SD)

5.2 (5.33)

4.9 (5.06)

5.3 (5.69)

5.5 (5.24)

1.00

0.39

  1. *Chi-square test, ANOVA.
  2. Post-hoc Bonferroni showed that mean age at health clinics was significantly younger compared to the others, no different was seen between health office and hospital.
  3. §Post-hoc Bonferroni showed that mean length in medical service was all significantly different among the three healthcare facilities.