Age, years (SD)
| 40 (9) |
Sex
| |
Male | 12 (22) |
Female | 42 (78) |
Occupation
| |
Primary care physician | 47 (87) |
Other | 3 (6) |
Not known | 4 (7) |
Work setting
| |
Own practice | 5 (9) |
Duo practice | 8 (15) |
Group practice | 3 (6) |
Healthcare centre | 5 (9) |
Observing physician | 22 (41) |
Other | 11 (20) |
Years working as physician
| |
<2 years | 10 (19) |
2–5 years | 17 (31) |
6–10 years | 13 (24) |
11–20 years | 5 (9) |
>20 years | 9 (17) |
Experience with mindfulness
| |
Not familiar | 8 (15) |
Familiar but never practised | 24 (44) |
Practises in the past or currently | 22 (41) |
Types of practices (n = 22)
| |
Mindfulness meditation | 6 (27) |
Other form of meditation | 5 (23) |
Yoga | 15 (68) |
Tai chi | 4 (18) |
Guided visualisation | 3 (14) |
Hypnotherapy | 0 (0) |
Relaxation exercises | 11 (50) |
Other | 2 (9) |
Frequency of practices in past 12 months
| |
Not | 32 (59) |
Less than once per month | 10 (19) |
Approximately monthly | 7 (13) |
Approximately weekly | 1 (2) |
Several times per week | 2 (4) |
Daily | 2 (4) |
Several times per day | 0 (0) |