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Table 2 Characteristics of health care providers N = 208

From: Supporting adherence to oral anticancer agents: clinical practice and clues to improve care provided by physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses and pharmacists

 

All

NL

Be

N = 208

N = 107

N = 101

Gender (%)

 Male

29.3

33.6

24.8

 Female

70.7

66.4

75.2

Profession (%)

 Medical oncologist

15.9

10.3

21.8

 Haematologist

15.9

26.2

5.0

 Nurse practitioner

16.8

17.8

15.8

 Nurse

28.8

21.5

36.6

 Pharmacist

22.6

24.3

20.8

Work experience (yr)

 Median

16

16

17

 Range

1–46

2–46

1–40

Type of hospital (%)

   

 Academic

29.6

22.4

37.4

 Non-academic

70.4

77.6

62.6

Number of hospitals

87

51

36

Specialisation (%)

 Haematology

30.6

38.0

22.6

 Oncology

69.4

62.0

77.4

Adherence (PAMQs) (%)

 Insight into adherence

41.8

43.9

39.6

 Patients’ communication

43.8

45.8

41.6

 Capability to influence

82.2

86.0

78.2

 Knowledge of consequences

78.8

75.7

82.2

 Insight into causes

68.3

69.2

67.3

PAMQs sum score (0–5)

 Median

3.0

3.0

3.0

 IQR

2.0–4.0

2.0–4.0

2.0–4.0

 SDMa-score (0–100)

82.2

84.4

80.0

BMQ-Specific (mean ± sd)

 Necessity

18.3 ± 3.0

17.8 ± 2.9

18.7 ± 3.0

 Concerns

13.4 ± 2.6

12.9 ± 2.6

13.9 ± 2.5

 N-C differential

4.9 ± 3.7

4.9 ± 3.8

4.8 ± 3.7

BMQ-group (%)

 Accepting

58.3

61.3

55.0

 Ambivalent

31.1

24.5

38.0

 Indifferent

8.3

11.3

5.0

 Sceptical

2.4

2.8

5.0

  1. Abbreviations: NL the Netherlands, Be Belgium, yr year, PAMQs, HCP’s Perceptions of Adherence Management Questions, IQR interquartile range, SDM-score sum score of the Shared Decision Making-doc-Questionnaire, BMQ Beliefs about Medicines Questionnaire
  2. aSDM assessed only for physicians