Description of different items of the questionnaire | Mean (SD) | 95% CI | |
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Factors influencing GPs’ actions | Fears of legal consequences* | 3.50 (1.41) | 3.37; 3.64 |
Legal requirements* | 4.29 (1.25) | 4.17; 4.41 | |
Factors influencing fears of legal consequences | Estimation of the likelihood of being sued in a job-related civil action in the next 10 years* | 3.06 (1.38) | 2.92; 3.19 |
Already once a conciliation procedure | 1.82 (0.39) | 1.78; 1.85 | |
Sued once already | 1.84 (0.37) | 1.80; 1.88 | |
Knowledge of a colleague who has been sued | 1.34 (0.47) | 1.29; 1.39 | |
Physician-patient relationship* | 4.16 (1.53) | 4.00; 4.30 | |
Legal requirements* | 4.29 (1.25) | 4.17; 4.41 | |
Legal protection/ safeguard* | 3.84 (1.39) | 3.69; 3.98 | |
Pressure from patients* | 3.55 (1.37) | 3.40; 3.68 | |
Pressure from relatives* | 3.28 (1.41) | 3.14; 3.42 | |
Peer pressure* | 1.94 (1.29) | 1.80; 2.07 | |
Gender | 1.50 (0.50.) | 1.45; 1.55 | |
Age | 49.5 (10.50) | 48.45; 0.56 | |
Professional title | 2.98 (0.67) | 2.92; 3.05 | |
Urban or rural | 1.43 (0.48) | 1.38; 1.48 | |
Professional experience | 2.41 (1.19) | 2.29; 2.53 | |
Self-employed or employed | 1.25 (0.43) | 1.20; 1.29 | |
Factor influencing the risk of errors | Defensive medicine** | 3.62 (1.31) | 3.49; 3.75 |
Factors influencing the risk of lawsuit | Defensive medicine*** | 2.68 (1.07) | 2.57; 2.78 |
Orientation on guidelines* | 4.47 (1.29) | 4.34; 4.59 |