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Table 2 Characteristics of study participants: physician group (n = 150)

From: Shared decision making, physicians’ explanations, and treatment satisfaction: a cross-sectional survey of prostate cancer patients

Variables

n

%

Gender

 Men

148

98.7

 Women

2

1.3

Age group

 ≤ 39

36

24.0

 40–49

77

51.3

> 50

37

24.7

Age (mean ± SD)

45.1

8.2

Place of work

 General hospital (public)

60

40.0

 General hospital (private)

56

37.3

 University hospital

34

22.7

Number of patients with prostate cancer in the past month

 ≤ 39

50

33.3

 40–69

50

33.3

> 70

50

33.3

Number of patients who started initial drug therapy in the past year

 ≤ 9

42

28.0

 10–19

45

30.0

> 20

63

42.0