Table 1. The characteristics of the respondents .
|
- |
All the participants (n=168) |
PEs (n=122) |
AEs (n=46) |
p value |
|
Median age (year) |
41 (8) |
41 (8) |
42 (10.5) |
0.441 |
|
Gender Female (%) |
- 121 (72%) |
- 91 (74.6%) |
- 30 (65.2%) |
- 0.25 |
|
Median duration of speciality practice (year) |
8 (10) |
7 (10) |
10.5 (15) |
0.005 |
|
Having >5 years of experience (%) |
62 |
57 |
73 |
0.067 |
|
Title Fellow Consultant Assistant professor Associated professor Professor* |
- 37 (22%) 68 (40.5%) 8 (4.8%) 21 (12.5%) 34 (20.2%) |
- 31 (25.4%) 52 (42.6%) 7 (5.7%) 14 (11.5%) 18 (14.8%) |
- 6 (13%) 16 (34.8%) 1 (2.2%) 7 (15.2%) 16 (34.8%) |
0.03 - - - - - |
|
Clinical practice center Ministry of health training and research hospital State university hospital State hospital Private university hospital Private hospital† Private center |
- 63 (37.5%) 56 (41.1%) 16 (9.5%) 10 (6%) 15 (8.9%) 8 (4.8%) |
- 56 (45.9%) 41 (33.6%) 12 (9.8%) 7 (5.7%) 3 (2.5%) 3 (2.5%) |
- 7 (15.2%) 15 (32.6%) 4 (8.7%) 3 (6.5%) 12 (26%) 5 (11%) |
<0.001 - - - |
*Significant in relation to “Professor”, †Significant in relation to “Private Hospital”.
PEs: pediatric endocrinologists, AEs: adult endocrinologists