Research Article

Aspects of Spirituality in Medical Doctors and Their Relation to Specific Views of Illness and Dealing with Their Patients' Individual Situation

Table 1

Demographic and psychometric data of 237 medical doctors.

Mean age (mean: years)
Gender (%)
 Male58
 Female42
Family status (%)
 Married 68
 Living with partner 13
 Divorced 8
 Single 11
Denomination (%)
 Christians79
 Other 5
 None 16
Academic grade (%)
 Professor3
 Doctor61
 Diploma36
Physician status (%)
 Assistant physician (hospital)32
 Senior physician (hospital)22
 Registered doctor44
Specialisation (%)
 CAM (naturopathy, TCM, and homeopathy)20
 Anthroposophic medicine (AM)19
 Psychotherapy12
 None/conventional50
Life satisfaction (mean: 0–100)