Knowledge of and support for cancer patient pathways among general practitioners and other physicians – a study from Sweden

Figures & data

Table 1. Background data on participants in the survey.

	Junior doctors/ students	Resident physicians	Other specialists	GPs	Total
Participants	34	33	29	59	155
Age	25 (23–26)	34 (32–35)	47 (42–51)	51 (48–53)	41 (38–43)
Years working	0.4 (0.2–0.6)	4.9 (4.0–5.8)	19 (16–21)	22 (20–25)	13 (11–15)
CPPs initiated	2.4 (0.5–4.3)	18 (13–23)	15 (5–25)	24 (19–29)	16 (13–19)

Mean values for the different groups of physicians based on their age, years working, and number of CPPs initiated. The number of participants for each group in ‘Total’ column is given their exact values, and other values in the table are rounded off to two significant figures. 95% confidence intervals in parenthesis.

Table 2. The results for the 10 MCQs for different groups of physicians were divided into three categories with 0–3, 4–5 and 6–10 correct answers.

Correct answers	Junior doctors/ students	Resident physicians	Other specialists	GPs	Total
0–3	65% (22)	39% (13)	62% (18)	31% (18)	46% (71)
4–5	32% (11)	36% (12)	31% (9)	39% (23)	36% (55)
6–10	3% (1)	24% (8)	7% (2)	31% (18)	19% (29)
Mean of correct answers	2.6	4.2	3.2	4.5	3.8
CI of correct answers	2.0–3.1	3.4–4.9	2.5–3.8	4.0–5.1	3.5–4.1
Range: Min–Max	0–6	1–9	0–7	1–9	0–9

The relative number of participants in each group is given in percentages (%) and absolute values in parentheses. The group junior doctors include medical students and doctors before entering a residency, and the other specialists contain specialists and chief physicians who are not GPs. Mean, range and 95% confidence intervals show the results and distribution in the different groups. Values in percentages are rounded off to an integer percent. Other values in the table are rounded off to two significant figures.

Table 3. The table displays the responding physicians’ answers to the questions ‘Can CPPs reduce mortality and morbidity in cancer?’ and ‘Do you think you have sufficient knowledge regarding the initiating procedure of CPPs?’.

	Resident physicians	Other specialists	GPs
Reduce mortality/morbidity?
No	10% (3)	20% (4)	4% (2)
Yes	71% (22)	60% (12)	77% (37)
Don’t know	19% (6)	20% (4)	19% (9)
Sufficient knowledge?
No	48% (15)	85% (17)	52% (27)
Yes	29% (9)	10% (2)	38% (20)
Do not know	23% (7)	5% (1)	10% (5)

The answers are presented for each group of physicians in percent and in integer numbers within the parentheses. Total numbers (the ‘Total’ column), depending on physicians’ answers on each row (no, yes and do not know) for all physicians are given with their corresponding mean correct answers in the previous MCQs and 95% confidence intervals in the last columns to the right. Values in percentages are rounded off to an integer percent. Other values in the table are rounded off to two significant figures.