Knowledge, attitudes, and practice of general practitioners toward community detection and management of mild cognitive impairment: a cross-sectional study in Shanghai, China

Lu, Yuan; Liu, Chaojie; Fawkes, Sally; Wang, Zhaoxin; Yu, Dehua

doi:10.1186/s12875-022-01716-9

Table 3 MCI knowledge, attitude, and practice scores by sociodemographic characteristics of study participants

From: Knowledge, attitudes, and practice of general practitioners toward community detection and management of mild cognitive impairment: a cross-sectional study in Shanghai, China

Characteristics	Knowledge scores				Attitude scores				Practice scores
Characteristics	Mean	SD	*F/t*	p	Mean	SD	*F/t*	p	Mean	SD	*F/t*	p
Age (Years)
< 30	54.55	18.063	2.098	0.099	58.19	8.107	5.270	0.001	54.23	21.786	-3.606	0.013
30–39	55.24	18.706			56.41	7.123			48.42	19.495
40–49	54.63	17.710			58.15	7.312			50.66	19.404
≥ 50	50.61	17.359			57.14	7.985			49.94	19.344
Gender
Male	52.83	19.598	2.166	0.030	56.22	7.452	3.465	0.001	49.67	19.033	0.455	0.649
Female	55.25	17.482	2.166	0.030	57.79	7.378	3.465	0.001	50.22	20.131	0.455	0.649
Marriage
Married	54.00	18.189	2.197	0.028	57.24	7.381	0.678	0.498	49.57	19.453	1.899	0.058
Unmarried	56.98	17.984	2.197	0.028	57.62	7.689	0.678	0.498	52.37	21.260	1.899	0.058
Education
Under bachelor	48.00	19.363	5.260	0.005	58.48	8.791	-1.186	0.306	52.30	20.719	-0.581	0.559
Bachelor	54.31	17.825			57.36	7.220			49.77	19.695
Postgraduates	52.83	19.598			56.22	7.452			49.67	19.033
Department
General practice	54.32	18.339	1.411	0.159	57.17	7.309	2.449	0.014	49.96	19.729	0.631	0.528
Others	57.23	15.637	1.411	0.159	59.24	8.827	2.449	0.014	51.38	20.798	0.631	0.528
Experience (Years)
< 5	55.02	18.719	1.469	0.221	58.13	7.736	-2.886	0.035	51.58	21.298	-1.863	1.340
5–9	54.31	19.263			56.69	7.522			47.54	19.187
10–14	56.03	18.364			56.61	7.090			50.34	19.599
≥ 15	53.31	17.124			57.71	7.413			50.43	19.406
Professional title
primary	48.00	19.363	1.926	0.124	58.48	8.791	-5.497	0.001	52.30	20.719	-3.932	0.008
Middle	54.31	17.825			57.36	7.220			49.77	19.695
Senior	56.98	19.157			56.78	8.040			50.82	20.083
Income (Yuan)
< 8000	52.82	19.219	3.938	0.008	56.33	7.416	6.423	0.001	50.56	20.397	2.359	0.070
8000–11,999	54.76	17.715			57.62	7.141			48.61	19.390
≥ 12,000	56.97	16.018			58.37	7.842			52.81	19.191
Daily visits
< 80	54.18	18.179	0.847	0.468	57.27	7.581	0.184	0.907	50.06	20.529	0.079	0.971
80–99	54.52	17.373			57.26	6.649			50.01	18.154
≥ 100	56.46	19.861			57.65	8.167			50.08	18.839
MCI Training
With	59.58	15.594	6.451	< 0.001	57.94	8.105	1.925	0.054	54.79	19.267	5.515	< 0.001
Without	52.41	19.762	6.451	< 0.001	57.05	7.125	1.925	0.054	48.09	19.690	5.515	< 0.001
Qualification of MCI detection
With	63.61	19.525	3.744	< 0.001	57.23	9.402	-0.077	0.938	61.21	19.526	4.222	< 0.001
Without	54.11	18.023	3.744	< 0.001	57.31	7.339	-0.077	0.938	49.56	19.670	4.222	< 0.001
Proportion of patients with memory disorder last month
Unsure	43.58	22.599	20.638	< 0.001	54.90	6.149	5.359	< 0.001	43.25	17.887	6.738	< 0.001
zero	52.64	19.043			59.06	7.481			50.16	22.783
< 10%	56.12	15.703			57.57	6.696			50.87	19.938
10–29%	59.02	15.791			57.94	8.605			51.42	18.430
≥ 30%	55.59	19.518			58.11	9.586			56.46	20.236
Proportion of patients with psychiatric symptoms last month
Unsure	42.97	21.766	21.995	< 0.001	54.81	6.269	6.409	< 0.001	43.62	19.312	6.125	< 0.001
zero	55.37	19.197			57.19	7.627			49.88	22.843
< 10%	56.84	16.063			58.08	7.480			50.88	19.486
10–29%	58.21	16.581			57.21	7.706			53.25	17.411
≥ 30%	47.80	19.976			55.56	7.239			57.36	20.130
MCI detection and management experience
With	58.22	17.715	3.020	0.003	58.97	8.248	3.301	0.001	62.38	18.333	9.498	< 0.001
Without/unsure	53.87	18.192	3.020	0.003	57.02	7.248	3.301	0.001	49.91	19.260	9.498	< 0.001
Knowledge scores
High					58.50	7.582	6.958	< 0.001	52.83	18.815	6.076	< 0.001
Low					55.58	6.861	6.958	< 0.001	46.02	20.493	6.076	< 0.001
Attitude scores
High	58.17	15.932	7.867	< 0.001					53.74	19.662	7.254	< 0.001
Low	50.26	19.660	7.867	< 0.001					45.77	19.092	7.254	< 0.001

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