How can learning effects be measured in Balint groups? Validation of a Balint group questionnaire in China

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Table 1 Gender, occupation, age and experience of participants and group leaders.

Characteristics		Participants, N = 806			Leaders, N = 55
		N	%		N	%
Gender	Male	205	25.4		20	36.3
	Female	601	74.6		35	63.6
Occupation	Psychiatrist	48	10.7^a		30	54.5
	Cardiologists	32	7.2^a
	General practitioners	16	3.6^a		17	30.9
	Gynecologist	15	3.4^a
	Internist	13	2.9^a
	Neurologist	12	2.7^a
	Anesthetist	11	2.5^a
	Emergency physician	11	2.5^a
	Radiologist	10	2.2^a
	Other specialties	71	15.8^a
	Nurses	157	19.5		2	3.6
	Psychologists/Psychotherapists	65	8.1		6^b	10.9
	Students	81	10
	Pedagogues	22	2.7		-
	Others	44	5.5
		N	M (SD)	Median (Range)	N	M (SD)	Median (Range)
	Age (years)	675	34.21 (9.44)	31 (19-64)	55	40.89 (5.20)	40 (32-48)
	Professional experience (years)	764	9.42 (9.58)	5 (0-40)	55	16.02 (7.10)	16 (2-28)
	Balint experience	792	7.86^c (31.82)	2^c (0-750)^c	55	4.93^d (3.07)^d	4^d (0-12)^d

^a Percent of 447 doctors, of whom 240 indicated their specialty. ^b Three of the leaders indicated two specialties; they were only counted in the others category. Mean (M); standard deviation (SD). ^c Balint experience expressed as number of attended sessions. ^d Balint experience expressed in years.

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