Table 3.

Other healthcare professional stakeholders (N=95), subgroup analysis

	Unanswered (%)		Answered (%)		P value
Age	45.7		42.8
Male gender	52	58	3	38	0.4
Region
USA	17	11	0	0	0.49
UK	7	4	2	3
Canada	14	9	2	3
Europe	28	18	2	3
South America	3	2	0	0
Middle East	5	3	0	0
Asia	6	4	1	1
Australasia	3	2	1	1
Africa	6	4	0	0
Research cluster (Japan/China/North America)
DCM volume					0.23
0–25	49	31	7	9
25–50	20	13	0	0
50–100	12	8	0	0
100+	7	4	1	1
Years experience	14.7	9.7	9.9	13.5	0.88
From a high-activity, DCM research cluster	32	36	2	25	0.8
High-income country	72	81	6	75	1
Discipline
Neurologist	18	11	0	0	0.23
Physiotherapist	10	6	1	1
Rehabilitation medicine	9	6	3	4
General practitioner	9	6	0	0
General physician	10	6	1	1
Other	32	20	3	4

A high-activity DCM research cluster was defined from a prior coauthor network analysis—specifically DCM research activity clusters geographically to North America and East Asia (Japan, China and South Korea).

p<0.05

DCM, degenerative cervical myelopathy.