Table 1.

Physicians’ Demographic Characteristics

		Medical (n=35)			Surgical (n=19)			Total (n=54)
		N	%	Row %	N	%	Row %	N	%
Gender	Female	6	17.1	75	2	10.5	25	8	14.8
	Male	29	82.9	63	17	89.5	37	46	85.2
Level of seniority	Specialist	16	45.7	69.6	7	36.8	30.4	23	42.6
	Consultant	19	54.3	61.3	12	63.2	38.7	31	57.4
Length of experience per years	< 5	7	20	87.5	1	5.3	12.5	8	14.8
	5–10	5	14.3	55.6	4	21.1	44.4	9	16.7
	> 10	23	65.7	62.2	14	73.7	37.8	37	68.5
Speciality	Internal medicine	11	31.4	100	N/A			11	20.4
	General surgery	N/A			4	21.1	100	4	7.4
	Endocrinology	4	11.4	100	N/A			4	7.4
	Nephrology	5	14.3	100				5	9.3
	Neurology	4	11.4	100				4	7.4
	Ophthalmology	1	2.9	100				1	1.9
	Family medicine	4	11.4	100				4	7.4
	Podiatry	N/A			2	10.5	100	2	3.7
	Anaesthesia	2	5.7	100	N/A			2	3.7
	Psychiatry	4	11.4	100				4	7.4
	Vascular surgery	N/A			13	68.4	100	13	24.1
Type of workplace	Public hospital	7	20	41.2	10	52.6	58.8	17	31.5
	Private hospital	22	62.9	81.5	5	26.3	18.5	27	50
	Public and private hospital	6	17.1	60	4	21.1	40	10	18.5
Size of clinical practice per hospital beds	< 100	7	20	100	0	0	0	7	13
	100–500	22	62.9	75.9	7	36.8	24.1	29	53.7
	> 500	6	17.1	33.3	12	63.2	66.7	18	33.3
Average patients per week	5–10	1	2.9	33.3	2	10.5	66.7	3	5.6
	> 10	34	97.1	66.7	17	89.5	33.3	51	94.4
Percentage of patients have most of their diabetes care in physicians’ practice place	< 30	4	11.4	66.7	2	10.5	33.3	6	11.1
	30–90	24	68.6	68.6	11	57.9	31.4	35	64.8
	> 90	7	20	53.8	6	31.6	46.2	13	24.1