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Table 1 Primary care physicians’ socio-demographic and practice characteristics (n = 112)

From: Mental health knowledge, attitudes, and self-efficacy among primary care physicians working in the Greater Tunis area of Tunisia

Characteristics

Continuous variables

Categorical variables

Socio-demographic characteristics

M (SD)

(Q1, Q2, Q3)

n (%)

 Age (in years)

49.0 (5.5)

(46.0, 49.0, 53.0)

–

 Women

–

90 (80.4)

 Born in Tunisiab

–

109 (97.3)

 Mother tongue, Arabicb

–

111 (99.1)

 Medical school in Tunisiab

–

104 (92.9)

Practice characteristics

M (SD)

(Q1, Q2, Q3)

n (%)

 Governorate—n (%)

  Tunis

–

43 (38.4)

  Ariana

–

28 (25.0)

  Manouba

–

21 (18.8)

  Ben Arous

–

20 (17.9)

Average number of years working as a PCPc

17.8 (6.0)

(15.0, 18.0, 21.8)

–

Hours work/week

34.1 (5.1)

(30.0, 36.0, 36.0)

–

Mental health training in the last 12 months (yes)

–

14 (12.5)

Average number of patient consultations/week

145.3 (57.8)

(103.8, 138.5, 180.0)

–

Average number of consultations for mental health/week

17.7 (19.8)

(5.0, 12.0, 21.1)

–

Average number of consultations for mental health/week:

 

–

  By appointmenta

3.3 (8.1)

(.0, .5, 3.0)

 

  Without appointmenta,d

14.8 (18.7)

(3.5, 9.8, 18.0)

 

Average number of hours dedicated to mental health care/weeka

4.5 (3.8)

(2.1, 3.6, 6.0)

–

% of mental health consultations per week according to diagnosis: types of mental health consultation per week:

  Anxiety

49.5 (25.5)

(30.0, 50.0, 70.0)

–

  Depression

33.0 (22.3)

(20.0, 30.0, 45.0)

–

  Alcohol use disorders

8.8 (14.5)

(.0, 3.0, 10.0)

–

  Drug use disorders

6.6 (13.5)

(.0, 2.0, 10.0)

–

  Psychosis (including schizophrenia)

5.1 (7.9)

(.0, 2.0, 9.0)

–

  Suicide/self-harm

3.7 (7.9)

(.0, 1.0, 5.0)

–

% of mental health clientele:

  Referred to specialized carea

55.6 (30.8)

(30.0, 50.0, 80.0)

–

  Receiving support (ex.: active listening)

51.8 (36.9)

(20.0, 50.0, 90.0)

–

  Receiving psychoeducation

40.7 (38.4)

(.0, 35.0, 80.0)

–

  Receiving pharmacology

39.6 (36.3)

(5.0, 30.0, 80.0)

–

  Receiving psychotherapy

18.7 (29.0)

(.0, 1.0, 23.8)

–

Average number of follow-up visits/patients with mental health issuesa

7.1 (8.8)

(4.0, 4.0, 6.0)

–

  1. aMissing values were greater than 5%, but less than 10%
  2. bThe variable is not considered in further analyses given the small number of participants in some groups
  3. cThis variable is not considered in further analyses given the high correlation with the variable ‘age’
  4. dThis variable is not considered in further analyses given the high correlation with the variable ‘average number of consultations for mental health per week’
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International Journal of Mental Health Systems

ISSN: 1752-4458