Personal Health Practices and Patient Counseling of German Physicians in Private Practice

Table 5

Relationship between German physicians’ gender and speciality and their related counseling habits in private practice.

Counsels a typical patient on	Total; (%; 𝑛 = 373–401)	Male; (%; 𝑛 = 226–243)	Female; (%; 𝑛 = 147–158)	𝑃mf	GP; (%; 𝑛=139)	Medical; (%; 𝑛=123)	Surgical; (%; 𝑛=113)	𝑃Specialty
Nutrition				0.269				0.000
Never/rarely	6.9	7.9	5.7		2.8	7.6	11.2
Sometimes	46.1	47.9	42.0		35.9	40.7	65.5
Usually/always	47.0	44.2	52.2		61.4	51.7	23.3
Exercise				0.228				0.000
Never/rarely	4.2	4.5	3.8		2.8	3.4	6.8
Sometimes	39.7	42.8	34.8		27.6	34.9	60.7
Usually/always	56.1	52.7	61.4		69.7	61.6	32.5
Weight				0.133				0.000
Never/rarely	4.7	3.3	7.0		2.8	4.1	7.7
Sometimes	49.5	52.3	44.9		40.7	42.5	69.2
Usually/always	45.8	44.4	48.1		56.6	53.4	23.1
Smoking				0.914				0.000
Never/rarely	15.5	15.8	14.3		5.5	20.7	21.6
Sometimes	44.6	45.0	45.5		38.6	40.7	56.9
Usually/always	39.9	39.2	40.3		55.9	38.6	21.6
Alcohol				0.013				0.000
Never/rarely	16.6	15.3	18.2		4.1	17.0	31.6
Sometimes	53.3	59.5	44.8		51.7	46.1	64.1
Usually/always	30.0	25.2	37.0		44.1	36.9	4.3
Cholesterol				0.928				0.000
Never/rarely	46.7	46.4	48.0		8.4	59.7	79.1
Sometimes	25.3	25.3	23.6		30.1	29.9	13.9
Usually/always	28.1	28.3	28.4		61.5	10.4	7.0
Mammogram				0.005				0.000
Never/rarely	51.6	57.5	42.2		21.6	81.9	54.4
Sometimes	20.8	20.4	21.8		36.0	13.4	10.5
Usually/always	27.6	22.1	36.1		42.4	4.7	35.1

𝑃_mf describes statistical significance between m: male and f: female.