Medical end-of-life practices among Canadian physicians: a pilot study

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Flow diagram of the selection of study participants.
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Number of questionnaires returned during the data collection period, including refusals to participate.

Table 1: Comparison of sociodemographic characteristics between the participants and the overall sample

Characteristic	No. (%) of physicians		p value*
Characteristic	Overall sample (n = 300)	Participants (n = 76)	p value*
Sex
Male	186 (62.0)	48 (63.2)	0.77
Female	114 (38.0)	27 (35.5)	0.77
Unknown	0	1 (1.3)
Age, yr
< 35	23 (7.7)	14 (18.4)	0.34
36-45	71 (23.7)	18 (23.7)
46-55	76 (25.3)	17 (22.4)
56-65	72 (24.0)	15 (19.7)
> 65	55 (18.3)	12 (15.8)
Unknown	3 (1.0)	0
Language
English	229 (76.3)	53 (69.7)	0.34
French	71 (23.7)	23 (30.3)	0.34
Medical specialty
Family medicine/general practice	175 (58.3)	35 (46.0)	0.12
Other	125 (41.7)	40 (52.6)	0.12
Unknown	0	1 (1.3)
Region
Atlantic Canada (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador)	21 (7.0)	5 (6.6)	0.41
British Columbia	39 (13.0)	4 (5.3)
Northwest region (Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories, Nunavut)	54 (18.0)	14 (18.4)
Ontario	110 (36.7)	31 (40.8)
Quebec	76 (25.3)	22 (28.9)