Table 1.

Characteristics of participants and their associated healthcare institutions.

Characteristics of the participants	n
Experience in SSc management
Participants with no experience in SSc	3
Participants with less than 1 year of experience in SSc	10
Participants with 1–3 years of experience in SSc	20
Participants with 3–10 years of experience in SSc	31
Participants with more than 10 years of experience in SSc	29
Experience in ILD management
No experience in ILD	1
Experience in CTD-associated ILD	6
Experience of less than 1 year in ILD	8
Experience of 1–3 years in ILD	15
Experience of 3–10 years in ILD	35
Experience of more than 10 years	28
Associated healthcare institutions
Number of associated institutions	46
Estimated number of SSc patients per participant
⩽5 patients	4
6–9 patients	6
10–30 patients	18
31–50 patients	17
51–99 patients	16
⩾100 patients	32
Estimated proportion of SSc-ILD per participant
Not known	34
40%	8
30%	12
20%	12
10%	9

ILD, interstitial lung disease.