Table 1 Physicians' characteristics, clinical practice and experience according to speciality and health care setting
| Â | All N = 226 | Ambulatory care N = 150 (66.4%) | Hospital care N = 76 (33.6%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | GP (N = 54) | IM (N = 65) | CA (N = 31) | Â |
Male N (%) | 179 (79.2) | 50 (92.6) | 49 (75.4)# | 27 (87.1) | 53 (69.7)* |
Experience N (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
- 5-10 years | 36 (15.1) | 1 (1.9) | 3 (4.6) | 0 (0) | 31 (40.8) |
- 10-15 years | 40 (16.8) | 11 (20.4) | 9 (13.9) | 7 (23.3) | 12 (15.8) |
- > 15 years | 162 (68.1) | 42 (77.7) | 53 (81.5) | 23 (76.7) | 33 (43.4)* |
Case load (6 months) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
- none | 13 (5.4) | 4 (7.4) | 7 (10.8) | 0 (0) | 2 (2.6) |
- 1 - 5 | 139 (57.7) | 44 (81.5) | 48 (73.9) | 11 (35.5) | 28 (36.8) |
- > 5 | 89 (36.9) | 6 (11.1) | 10 (15.3) | 20 (64.5)§ | 46 (60.5)* |
Use of Guidelines | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
- Rarely | 81 (36) | 38 (70.4) | 30 (46.2) | 3 (9.7) | 10 (13.3) |
- often | 108 (48) | 14 (25.9) | 29 (44.6) | 15 (48.4) | 50 (66.7) |
- always | 36 (16) | 2 (3.7) | 6 (9.2)¥ | 13 (41.9)§ | 15 (20.0)* |
Adverse events during OAC initiation | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
- reported N (% of physicians) | 98 (43.4) | 11 (20.4) | 27 (41.5) | 10 (32.3) | 50 (65.8)** |
- thromboembolism | 52 (53.1) | 6 (54.5) | 17 (63.0) | 10 (100.0) | 19 (38.0) |
- bleeding | 48 (49.0) | 2 (18.2) | 5 (18.5) | 2 (20.0) | 39 (78.0) |
- skin necrosis | 31 (31.6) | 3 (27.3) | 14 (51.9) | 0 (0) | 14 (28.0) |