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. 2025 Aug 25;6:91. doi: 10.1186/s43058-025-00770-5

Table 2.

Final respondent profile by professional role

Survey Response
Overall (n = 606) Physicians/APPs (n = 88) Nurses (n = 342) Respiratory Therapists (n = 176)
Age, years, median (IQR) All 39 (29–46) 43 (39–50) 33 (27–43) 39.5 (29–50)
Gender, n (%)* Woman 375 (62) 27 (31) 247 (72) 101 (57)
Man 204 (34) 55 (63) 86 (25) 63 (36)
Transgender 1 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (1)
Prefer not to reply 8 (1) 3 (3) 2 (1) 3 (2)
No response 18 (3) 3 (3) 7 (2) 8 (5)
Race, n (%) White 530 (87) 76 (86) 303 (89) 151 (86)
Black or African American 4 (1) 0 (0) 3 (1) 1 (1)
Native American, Native Indian, Alaskan Native 6 (1) 0 (0) 4 (1) 2 (1)
Asian 17 (3) 4 (5) 11 (3) 2 (1)
Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander 1 (0) 0 (0) 1 (0) 0 (0)
Bi-racial, multi-racial, mixed race 20 (3) 4 (5) 8(2) 8 (5)
No response 28 (5) 4 (5) 12 (4) 12 (7)
Ethnicity, n (%) Non-Hispanic 544 (90) 82 (93) 313 (92) 149 (85)
Hispanic 39 (6) 2 (2) 20 (6) 17 (10)
No response 23 (4) 4 (5) 9 (3) 10 (6)
Project role, n (%)* Site leader/champion (Nurse/RT) 54 (9) n/a 29 (8) 25 (14)
Hospital setting by staffing, n (%)* Hospitalist 115 (19) 23 (26) 47 (14) 45 (26)
Intensivist 491 (81) 65 (74) 295 (86) 131 (74)
Experience in clinical practice, years, n (%)*  < 1 year 22 (4) 1 (1) 18 (5) 3 (2)
1–5 years 196 (32) 11 (13) 128 (37) 57 (32)
6–10 years 119 (20) 22 (25) 69 (20) 28 (16)
 > 10 years 258 (43) 52 (59) 125 (37) 81 (46)
No response 11 (2) 2 (2) 2 (1) 7 (4)
Experience at current hospital, years, n (%)*  < 1 year 68 (11) 11 (13) 47 (14) 10 (6)
1–3 years 155 (26) 10 (11) 88 (26) 57 (32)
4–6 years 125 (21) 21 (24) 74 (22) 30 (17)
 > 6 years 251 (41) 46 (52) 132 (39) 73 (41)
No Response 7 (1) 0 (0) 1 (0) 6 (3)
Times participating in C-SAT/SBT in the past 6 months, n (%)* Never 61 (10) 8 (9) 28 (8) 25 (14)
Once 38 (6) 5 (6) 14 (4) 19 (11)
2–5 times 120 (20) 18 (20) 68 (20) 34 (19)
 > 5 times 380 (63) 57 (65) 230 (67) 93 (53)
No response 7 (1) 0 (0) 2 (1) 5 (3)
Survey completion, n (%)  ≤ 2 months from receipt 527 (87) 78 (89) 292 (85) 157 (89)
 > 2 months from receipt 79 (13) 10 (11) 50 (15) 19 (11)

Significant difference by professional role across two or more stratum at p < 0.05 Abbreviations: SAT – Spontaneous awakening trial; SBT – spontaneous breathing trial; C-SAT/SBT—coordinated SAT/SBT; y-years; IQR – interquartile range