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Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: WhatsApp Tele-Medicine – usage patterns and physicians views on the platform

Characteristic

PCPs

(n = 153) N (%)

Medical Specialists

(n = 48) N (%)

P-value

Age in years, mean (SD)

31.31 (4.94)

42.9 (5.003)

< 0.001

Sex

  

0.051

  Men

98 (64.1)

38 (79.2)

  Women

55 (35.9)

10 (20.8)

Practice experience in years, mean (SD)

5.24 (5.55)

11.88 (6.01)

< 0.001

  1. PCPs Primary Care Physicians; SD standard deviation