Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of respondents

Characteristic	Category	Female		Male		Total
		n	%	n	%	n	%
Age in years	21–30	3	1.1	3	1.1	6	2.2
	31–40	32	11.8	36	13.2	68	25
	41–50	44	16.2	52	19.1	96	35
	51–60	26	9.6	47	17.3	73	27
	61–70	2	0.7	23	8.5	25	9.2
	>70	0	0	4	1.5	4	1.5
	Total	107	39.3	165	60.7	272	100
Years in medical practice	0–10	14	5.1	18	6.6	32	11.8
	11–20	48	17.6	49	18.0	97	35.7
	21–30	36	13.2	52	19.1	88	32.4
	31–40	9	3.3	35	12.9	44	16.2
	>40	0	0	11	4.0	11	4.0
Specialisationa	Endocrinology	104	38.2	160	58.8	264	97.1
	Internal medicine	54	19.9	91	33.5	145	53.3
	Others	9	3.3	9	3.3	18	6.6
Place of practicea	University centre	38	14.0	74	27.2	112	41.2
	Regional hospital	66	24.3	96	35.3	162	59.6
	Private clinic	6	2.2	27	9.9	33	12.1
	General Practice	1	0.4	0	0	1	0.4
	Basic researcher	0	0	1	0.4	1	0.4
	Specialist Practice	7	2.6	22	8.1	29	10.7
Professional society membershipa	National endocrine societies	82	30.1	139	51.1	221	81.3
	European Thyroid Association	4	1.5	17	6.3	21	7.7
	American Thyroid Association	1	0.4	3	1.1	4	1.5
	Asian and Oceanian Thyroid Association	1	0.4	0	0	1	0.4
Frequency of treating thyroid patients	Daily	50	18.4	93	34.2	143	52.6
	Weekly	55	20.2	66	24.3	121	44.5
	Rarely	2	0.7	6	2.2	8	2.9
Number of patients treated for hypothyroidism	>100 per year	28	10.3	67	24.6	95	34.9
	51–100 per year	25	9.2	53	19.5	78	28.7
	10–50 per year	51	18.8	39	14.3	90	33.1
	Rarely treat hypothyroid patients	3	1.1	6	2.2	9	3.3

^a Respondents were permitted to select more than one option.