Table 1 Demography of the respondents according to the number of years post registration
From: The approach of general practitioners in Lagos to the detection and evaluation of hypertension
Variable ( n ) | All | Years post-registration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%)/mean ± SD | <10 years | ≥10 yrs | χ 2 / p value | |
n (%)/mean ± SD | n (%)/mean ± SD | |||
Number of physicians | 403 (100%) | 189 (48.9%) | 214 (53.1%) | 3.10/0.078 |
Age (397) | 40.00 ± 11.34 | 30.28 ± 2.64 | 48.45 ± 8.96 | <0.001 |
Sex (403) | ||||
Male | 249 (61.8%) | 95 (51.6%) | 154 (72%) | 20.01/<0.001 |
Female | 154 (38.2%) | 94 (48.4%) | 60 (28%) | |
Years post-registration (403) | 14.30 ± 11.10 | 4.12 ± 1.69 | 23.29 ± 7.55 | <0.001 |
Type of practice (403) | ||||
Private | 269 (66.7%) | 99 (52.3%) | 170(79.4%) | 33.11/<0.001 |
Government | 134 (33.3%) | 90 (47.7%) | 44 (20.6%) | |
Number of patients seen per day (403) | 17.39 ± 14.25 | 17.24 ± 16.42 | 18.46 ± 12.04 | 0.39 |
Number of HTN patients seen per day (396) | 4.38 ± 3.50 | 5.30 ± 3.90 | 3.57 ± 2. 37 | <0.001 |
Aware of guidelines (403) | 188 (46.7%) | 88 (46.6%) | 100 (46.7%) | 0.001/0.97 |
Able to name guidelines (403) | 73 (18.1%) | 53 (28%) | 20 (9.3%) | 23.65/<0.001 |