Table 2 Sociodemographic data of participants
Characteristics | Physicians | Patients |
|---|---|---|
Number of participants | 31 | 48 |
Age (years) | ||
< 20 | 0 | 0 |
20–29 | 1 | 1 |
30–39 | 4 | 1 |
40–49 | 7 | 6 |
50–59 | 8 | 10 |
60–69 | 8 | 12 |
> 70 | 3 | 18 |
Medical specialists of Physicians | ||
General practice | 18 | 58.1% |
Internal medicine | 6 | 19.4% |
Surgery | 3 | 9.6% |
Radiology | 1 | 3.2% |
Otolaryngology | 1 | 3.2% |
Other fields | 2 | 6.4% |
Kinds of thyroid disease of patients | ||
Hashimoto | 12 | 25% |
Nodules | 20 | 41.7% |
Hyperfunction | 2 | 4.2% |
Subfunction | 4 | 8.3% |
Goiter | 4 | 8.3% |
Total thyroidectomy | 6 | 12.5% |