Table 2.
Demographic data of respondents
Healthcare professionals (N = 190) | |
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Sex (N, %) | |
Female | 99 (52) |
Male | 91 (48) |
Specialism (N, %) | |
Cardiologist1 | 66 (35) |
Intervention | 16 |
Imaging | 23 |
Heart failure | 12 |
Electrophysiology and devices | 8 |
Other | 9 |
Medical oncologist | 29 (15) |
Breast cancer | 10 |
Gynecological | 4 |
Urologic | 4 |
Palliative care | 4 |
Lung | 2 |
Radiation oncologist | 66 (35) |
Hematologist | 29 (15) |
Work experience in years, median (IQR) | 10 (5–18.8) |
Type of hospital (N, %) | |
University medical center | 96 (51) |
Top-clinical hospital2 | 70 (37) |
General hospital Private hospital |
22 (12) 2 (1) |
Cardio-oncology unit at hospital (N, %) | |
Yes | 75 (40) |
No | 115 (60) |
Completed PhD trajectory (N, %) | |
Yes | 115 (60) |
No | 75 (40)4 |
Number of new cardio-oncology patients at outpatient ward per month (N, %)3 | |
None | 18 (10) |
1–10 | 123 (65) |
11–20 | 37 (20) |
21–30 | 9 (5) |
≥ 30 | 3 (2) |
1Only certified subspecialties are provided, other non-certified subspecialties for cardiologists are devices, cardio-oncology, congenital heart disease, and cardiovascular disease in women
2A top-clinical hospital is a secondary care setting; these hospitals provide both basic and complex care
3Cardio-oncology patients were defined as oncology patients with traditional cardiovascular risk factors receiving cardiotoxic treatment or oncology patients with pre-existing cardiovascular disease
415 respondents were PhD candidates at the time of the study