Table 1.
Participants’ characteristics
| Doctors | Nurses/Midwives | Overall sample | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Gender | ||||||
| Men | 258 | 44.9 | 19 | 5.6 | 277 | 30.2 |
| Women | 317 | 55.1 | 322 | 94.4 | 639 | 69.8 |
| Age group | ||||||
| < 34 years old | 176 | 30.3 | 91 | 26.7 | 267 | 29.0 |
| 35–44 | 150 | 25.8 | 108 | 31.7 | 258 | 28.0 |
| 45–54 | 117 | 20.1 | 88 | 25.8 | 205 | 22.2 |
| 55 + years old | 138 | 23.8 | 54 | 15.8 | 192 | 20.8 |
| Country of practice | ||||||
| Germany | 176 | 30.3 | 78 | 22.9 | 254 | 27.6 |
| Italy | 139 | 23.9 | 31 | 9.1 | 170 | 18.4 |
| UK, Portugal, France* | 100 | 17.2 | 168 | 49.3 | 268 | 29.1 |
| Other | 166 | 28.6 | 64 | 18.8 | 230 | 25.0 |
| Years of experience | ||||||
| 0 to 9 | 203 | 36.8 | 95 | 28.7 | 298 | 33.8 |
| 10 to 29 | 239 | 43.3 | 173 | 52.3 | 412 | 46.7 |
| 30+ | 110 | 19.9 | 63 | 19.0 | 173 | 19.6 |
| Highest degree | ||||||
| High school diploma | na | na | 39 | 11.6 | 39 | 4.4 |
| Vocational training | na | na | 50 | 14.9 | 50 | 5.6 |
| Bachelor/undergraduate | na | na | 75 | 22.3 | 75 | 8.4 |
| Master/postgraduate | 175 | 31.5 | 161 | 47.9 | 336 | 37.7 |
| Specialised doctor/PhD | 381 | 68.5 | 11 | 3.3 | 392 | 44.0 |
| Work in the field of STIs | ||||||
| No | 516 | 88.8 | 331 | 97.1 | 847 | 91.9 |
| Yes | 65 | 11.2 | 10 | 2.9 | 75 | 8.1 |
| Work with travellers/migrant populations | ||||||
| No | 456 | 78.5 | 322 | 94.4 | 809 | 84.4 |
| Yes | 125 | 21.5 | 19 | 5.6 | 113 | 15.6 |
| Workplace | ||||||
| Research/University hospital | 249 | 43.2 | 46 | 13.6 | 295 | 32.2 |
| Non-university hospital | 132 | 22.9 | 45 | 13.3 | 177 | 19.3 |
| Outpatient/medical practice | 176 | 30.5 | 227 | 67.0 | 403 | 44.0 |
| Other | 20 | 3.5 | 21 | 6.2 | 41 | 4.5 |
| Specialization | ||||||
| None | 28 | 4.8 | na | na | na | na |
| Occupational medicine | 30 | 5.2 | na | na | na | na |
| Urology | 31 | 5.3 | na | na | na | na |
| Gynaecology | 91 | 15.7 | na | na | na | na |
| Internal medicine | 67 | 11.5 | na | na | na | na |
| Infectiology/travel/tropical | 212 | 36.5 | na | na | na | na |
| Family/General medicine | 122 | 21.0 | na | na | na | na |
| Specialization | ||||||
| Gynaecology/maternal health | na | na | 240 | 70.4 | na | na |
| Other | na | na | 101 | 29.6 | na | na |
Note: na = not applicable, *Countries were grouped per presence and arrival of migrant people and of people coming from Sub-Saharan countries. Italy had the highest number of arrivals in 2022, and it is among the countries with the highest presence of sub-Saharans; Germany registered the highest number of presence in 2022; Portugal, UK and France are among the countries with the highest presence of sub-Saharan people (29.31)