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Table 1 Sample characteristics

From: E-mental health in Germany — what is the current use and what are experiences of different types of health care providers for patients with mental illnesses?

Variable

Total

n = 425

GPs

n = 107

Specialist doctors

n = 114

Psychotherapists

n = 102

Clinicians

n = 102

Gender

 Female, n (%)

279 (65.6)

63 (58.9)

72 (63.2)

70 (68.6)

74 (72.5)

Age, years, M (SD)

47.7 (11.0)

50.2 (10.8)

52.7 (8.2)

48.7 (10.4)

38.6 (9.3)

Work experience, years, M (SD)

20.0 (11.1)

22.5 (11.2)

24.3 (9.0)

20.3 (10.5)

12.0 (11.1)

  1. Notes. GPs general practitioners; specialist doctors include psychiatric, psychosomatic, and neurological specialists from outpatient care, clinicians were recruited from psychiatric and psychosomatic inpatient care