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Table 1 Characteristics of participating doctors by country and medical specialty

From: Variation in the psychosocial determinants of the intention to prescribe hormone therapy prior to the release of the Women's Health Initiative trial: a survey of general practitioners and gynaecologists in France and Quebec

 

Quebec

France

 

General Practitioners n = 334 (%)

Gynaecologists n = 130 (%)

General Practitioners n = 425 (%)

Gynaecologists n = 586 (%)

Women

140 (42%)

35 (27%)

98 (23%)

316 (54%)

Age (years)

41.5 ± 8.6

47.4 ± 10.8

43.7 ± 7.6

45.4 ± 8.3

Number of years in practice

    

   <8 years

82 (25%)

31 (24%)

109 (26%)

107 (18%)

   9 – 15 years

92 (27%)

20 (15%)

116 (27%)

236 (40%)

   16 – 21 years

90 (27%)

28 (21%)

125 (29%)

124 (21%)

   >22 years

70 (21%)

51 (39%)

75 (18%)

119 (21%)

Rural place of practice

88 (27%)

8 (6%)

162 (38%)

55 (9%)

Number of patients/day*

    

   <10

19 (6%)

6 (5%)

15 (4%)

42 (7%)

   10 – 20

95 (29%)

20 (15%)

170 (40%)

299 (52%)

   20 – 40

191 (58%)

83 (64%)

221 (53%)

224 (39%)

   >40

24 (7%)

21 (16%)

14 (3%)

15 (2%)

% of menopausal patients in clientele

29.1 ± 25.0

56.0 ± 24.8

21.4 ± 20.2

50.5 ± 27.3

% who use menopausal diagnostic criteria**

    

   Symptoms

118 (35%)

64 (49%)

174 (41%)

290 (49%)

   Hormonal dosages

101 (30%)

23 (18%)

126 (30%)

173 (30%)

   Cessation of menses

227 (68%)

78 (60%)

268 (63%)

328 (56%)

Discuss HT with all menopausal patients

122 (38%)

66 (51%)

101 (24%)

355 (61%)

Examinations performed**

    

   Cytology (PAP smear)

292 (87%)

129 (87%)

363 (85%)

519 (89%)

   Mammography

288 (86%)

120 (92%)

381 (90%)

578 (99%)

   Breast examination

306 (92%)

127 (98%)

377 (89%)

580 (99%)

   Hormonal dosages

113 (34%)

17 (13%)

139 (33%)

152 (26%)

   Lipid profile

245 (73%)

59 (45%)

349 (82%)

387 (66%)

   Endometrial biopsy

3 (1%)

16 (12%)

11 (3%)

40 (7%)

   Bone mass density

30 (9%)

16 (12%)

84 (20%)

77 (13%)

   Vaginal ultrasound

1 (0,3%)

4 (3%)

21 (5%)

158 (27%)

   Thyroid gland examination

251 (75%)

61 (47%)

187 (44%)

156 (27%)

   Pelvic examination

270 (81%)

126 (97%)

307 (72%)

569 (97%)

   Speculum

272 (81%)

126 (97%)

276 (65%)

570 (97%)

   Blood pressure

308 (92%)

119 (92%)

391 (92%)

569 (97%)

   Cardiac auscultation

285 (85%)

29 (22%)

363 (85%)

148 (25%)

   Weight

257 (77%)

58 (45%)

341 (80%)

505 (86%)

HT prescription patterns > 70% of cases

106 (34%)

86 (67%)

36 (9%)

309 (55%)

  1. * Total number of doctors within the subgroup might differ from total number of participating doctors because of missing data.
  2. ** Categories are not mutually exclusive.
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