Table 3 Characteristics of insurance physicians who gave informed consent: background variables and ASE-variables* (n = 199)
From: Inter-doctor variations in the assessment of functional incapacities by insurance physicians
Background variables | Â | Â |
|---|---|---|
Gender | Man | 58.8% |
| Â | Woman | 41.2% |
Age | 30-45 years | 23.6% |
| Â | 46-50 years | 27.7% |
| Â | 51-55 years | 25.0% |
|  | ≥ 56 years | 23.7% |
| Â | Mean (sd) median age (years) | 50.7 (7.0) 50.4 |
Career as Insurance Physician* | 0-10 years | 24.1% |
| Â | 11-15 years | 25.6% |
| Â | 16-20 years | 26.2% |
|  | ≥ 21 years | 24.1% |
| Â | Mean (sd) median career (years) | 16.0 (7.7) 16.5 |
Former Curative Physician | No (= 0) | 84.4% |
| Â | Yes (= 1) | 15.6% |
Specialist in Insurance Medicine | No (= 0) | 13.6% |
| Â | Yes (= 1) | 86.4% |
Standard working hours per week | < 25 hours (= 1) | 18.1% |
| Â | 25-32 hours (= 2) | 23.1% |
| Â | > 32 hours (= 3) | 58.8% |
Most clients from WIA | No (= 0) | 64.3% |
| Â | Yes (= 1) | 35.7% |
Most clients from WAO | No (= 0) | 70.4% |
| Â | Yes (= 1) | 29.6% |
Most clients from WAJONG | No (= 0) | 86.9.% |
| Â | Yes (= 1) | 13.1% |
Average number of assessments per week | 1-5 | 23.1% |
| Â | 6-15 | 29.7% |
| Â | 16-22 | 25.6% |
| Â | 23-28 | 21.6% |
| Â | Mean (sd) median assessments (number) | 14.0 (8.4) 15.0 |
ASE variables** | Â | Â |
Attitude | Mean (sd) median | 0.0 (1.0) 0.0 |
Social Norm | Mean (sd) median | 0.0 (1.0) 0.0 |
self-Efficacy | Mean (sd) median | 17.6 (3.2) 18.0 |
Barriers | Mean (sd) median | 0.0 (1.0) 0.0 |
Knowledge | Mean (sd) median | 0.0 (1.0) 0.0 |
Intention | Mean (sd) median | 0.0 (1.0) 0.0 |
Behaviour: process | Mean (sd) median | 0.0 (1.0) 0.0 |
Behaviour: assessment | Mean (sd) median | 0.0 (1.0) 0.0 |