Table 1. Demographic and professional characteristics of respondents.

Characteristics	Category	Mean ± DP
Age		46,14 ± 15,69
Age intervals N = 999		n	%
	20–29 years old	183	18,3
	30–39 years old	257	25,6
	40–49 years old	134	13,4
	50–59 years old	153	15,3
	60–69 years old	209	20,9
	70 years old or older	63	6,5
Gender N = 1013	Masculine	456	45
	Feminine	557	55
Setting of professional practice	Hospital of the NHS	545	53,8
	Primary healthcare of the NHS	278	27,4
	Medical clinic/office of the private sector	265	26,2
	Hospital of the private sector	221	21,8
	Primary healthcare of the private sector	51	5
	Hospital of the social sector	25	2,5
	Insurance or health subsystem	24	2,4
	NHS sector	779	76,9
	Private sector	431	42,5
	Primary health Care	306	30,2
	Hospital Care	660	65,2
Professional experience N = 981	< 1 year	246	25,1
	1–9 years	215	21,9
	10–19 years	122	12,4
	20–29 years	176	18
	30–39 years	166	16,9
	> 40 years	56	5,7
Medical specialty N = 1013	General and Family Medicine	271	26,8
	Internal Medicine	70	6,9
	Pediatric Medicine	50	4,9
	Anesthesiology	45	4,4
	Medical Internship (Common year–no specialty)	40	3,9
	General Surgery	37	3,7
	Public Health	31	3,1
	Radiology	32	3,2
	Gynecology/Obstetrics	28	2,8
	Psychiatry	26	2,6
	Ophthalmology	24	2,4
	Clinical Pathology	20	2
	Orthopedics	20	2
	Occupational Medicine	19	1,9
	Rheumatology	19	1,9
	Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine	18	1,8
	Intensive Care Medicine	17	1,7
	Dermatology and Venereology	15	1,5
	Medical Oncology	16	1,6
	Psychiatry (Childhood and Adolescence)	13	1,3
	Cardiology	12	1,2
	Neurology	12	1,2
	Anatomic Pathology	11	1,1
	Immunology/Allergy	11	1,1
	Nephrology	11	1,1
	Otorhinolaryngology	11	1,1
	Neurosurgery	10	1
	Other	124	12,4

Descriptive statistics of the study population including age, gender, years of professional experience, setting of professional practice and medical specialty.