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. 2024 Dec 9;13(4):e003154. doi: 10.1136/bmjoq-2024-003154

Table 1. Demographic data on the study population and the five healthcare professional groups.

Study population Anaesthesiologists Gynaecologists Nurse anaesthetists OR nurses Residents
Number 100 14 22 19 26 19
Gender n (%)
 Female 79 (79) 5 (35.7) 17 (77) 15 (79) 26 (100) 16 (84)
 Male 20 (20) 8 (57.1) 5 (23) 4 (21) 0 (0) 3 (16)
 Other 1 (1) 1 (7.1) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Age (median (IQR)) 46 (39, 55) 50 (45, 54) 51.5 (46, 61) 52 (47, 62.5) 42.5 (32, 55) 35 (34, 40)
Years’ experience (median (IQR)) 17.5 (8.8, 28) 18.5 (16, 24.8) 23.50 (17, 32.5) 28 (22, 34) 16 (6, 23.8) 7 (5, 12)
Days in OR per month (median (IQR)) 15 (6, 18) 19 (15, 20) 8 (3, 9) 16 (10, 18) 16 (15, 20) 4 (3, 8.5)

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