Table 2 Type of first physician contacted by the patient, reported initiation of conversation by physician and patient attitude towards initiation of conversation by physician
Total | Men | Women | p-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 565 | % | n = 242 | % | n = 323 | % | ||
First medical consultation with… | < 0.001 | ||||||
Gynaecologist | 313 | 55.4 | 14 | 5.8 | 299 | 92.6 | |
General Practitioner | 39 | 6.9 | 29 | 12.0 | 10 | 3.1 | |
Urologist | 109 | 19.3 | 107 | 44.2 | 2 | 0.6 | |
Other (Ref.) | 8 | 1.4 | 4 | 1.7 | 4 | 1.2 | |
No first consultation | 96 | 17.0 | 88 | 36.4 | 8 | 2.5 | |
Doctor initiated conversation… | < 0.001 | ||||||
Yes | 100 | 17.7 | 25 | 10.3 | 75 | 23.2 | |
No | 354 | 62.7 | 121 | 50.0 | 233 | 72.1 | |
No first consultation | 96 | 17.0 | 88 | 36.4 | 8 | 2.5 | |
Not specified | 15 | 2.7 | 8 | 3.3 | 7 | 2.2 | |
Doctor should initiate conversation… | < 0.001 | ||||||
Yes | 265 | 46.9 | 82 | 33.9 | 183 | 56.7 | |
No | 141 | 25.0 | 69 | 28.5 | 72 | 22.3 | |
I don’t know | 159 | 28.1 | 91 | 37.6 | 68 | 21.2 | |