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Practice guidelines for clinical prevention: Do patients, physicians and experts share common ground?
Table 2: Characteristics of the 75 patients participating
in focus groups |
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| Characteristic |
No. (and %)* |
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| Sex |
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| Women |
49 |
(65) |
| Men |
26 |
(35) |
| Age, yr |
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| 18–34 |
24 |
(32) |
| 35–54 |
25 |
(33) |
 55 |
26 |
(35) |
| Country of birth |
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| Canada |
66 |
(88) |
| Other |
9 |
(12) |
| Primary language |
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| French |
71 |
(95) |
| English |
4 |
(5) |
| Level of education completed |
| Primary school |
6 |
(8) |
| Secondary school |
17 |
(23) |
| CEGEP |
21 |
(28) |
| University |
31 |
(41) |
| Occupation |
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| Employed |
29 |
(39) |
| Unemployed |
19 |
(25) |
| Student |
8 |
(11) |
| At home, retired |
16 |
(21) |
| No response |
3 |
(4) |
| Household income, $ |
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| < 12 000 |
16 |
(21) |
| 12 000 – 19 999 |
12 |
(16) |
| 20 000 – 29 999 |
8 |
(11) |
| 30 000 – 39 999 |
15 |
(20) |
| 40 000 – 49 999 |
8 |
(11) |
| 50 000 |
9 |
(12) |
| No response |
7 |
(9) |
| Regular family physician |
| Yes |
55 |
(73) |
| No |
16 |
(21) |
| No response |
4 |
(5) |
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| *Percentages may not sum to 100 because of rounding. |
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