Table 2 General characteristics of village doctors in Xuanhan, Sichuan China 2015 (N = 32)
Variables | Total (N = 32) | Intervention group (N = 16) | Control group (n = 16) | P** | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
Township | 1.000 | ||||||
Xiaba | 11 | 33.9 | 5 | 31.25 | 6 | 37.5 | |
Nanba | 21 | 66.1 | 11 | 68.75 | 10 | 62.5 | |
Age,years* | 42 ± 10.26 | 42.8 ± 9.88 | 42.13 ± 10.95 | 0.853 | |||
Gender | 1.000 | ||||||
Male | 31 | 96.88 | 15 | 93.75 | 16 | 100 | |
Female | 1 | 3.13 | 1 | 6.25 | 0 | 0 | |
Marital Status | 1.000 | ||||||
Unmarried | 2 | 6.25 | 1 | 6.25 | 1 | 6.25 | |
Married | 30 | 93.75 | 15 | 93.75 | 15 | 93.75 | |
Han Ethnicity | 32 | 100 | 16 | 100 | 16 | 100 | |
Qualification for practice | |||||||
Certified rural doctors | 29 | 90.63 | 15 | 93.75 | 14 | 87.5 | 1.000 |
Certificated physician | 1 | 3.13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.25 | |
Certificated assistant physician | 1 | 3.13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.25 | |
Certificated nurse practitioner | 1 | 3.13 | 1 | 6.25 | 0 | 0 | |
Prescription privilege, Yes | 30 | 96.77 | 15 | 100 | 15 | 93.75 | 1.000 |
Academic title | |||||||
Junior level | 18 | 56.25 | 9 | 56.25 | 9 | 56.25 | 0.571 |
Intermediate level | 8 | 25 | 5 | 31.25 | 3 | 18.75 | |
No academic title | 6 | 18.75 | 2 | 12.5 | 4 | 25 | |
Basic education | |||||||
Junior high school | 15 | 48.39 | 8 | 53.33 | 7 | 43.75 | 0.594 |
High School | 16 | 51.61 | 7 | 46.67 | 9 | 56.25 | |
Professional education | |||||||
No professional education | 1 | 3.13 | 1 | 6.25 | 0 | 0 | |
Technical secondary school/vocational high school | 28 | 87.5 | 14 | 87.5 | 14 | 87.5 | 1.000 |
Junior college diploma | 2 | 6.25 | 1 | 6.25 | 1 | 6.25 | |
Others | 1 | 3.13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.25 | |
Specialty | 1.000 | ||||||
Clinical Medicine | 9 | 28.13 | 7 | 43.75 | 2 | 12.5 | |
Western medicine & TCM | 18 | 56.25 | 7 | 43.75 | 11 | 68.75 | |
Nurse | 1 | 3.13 | 1 | 6.25 | 0 | 0 | |
Others | 4 | 12.49 | 1 | 6.25 | 3 | 18.75 | |