Table 1.

Characteristics of the respondents, compared to the target population

	Respondents		Target
	n	%	n	%
Gender (n = 792)
Female	703	89	1,948	87
Male	89	11	304	13
Age (n = 788)			No information
Below 35 years	103	13
35 to 44 years	258	33
45 to 54 years	327	41
55 and over	100	13
Profession (n = 799)
Physician	135	17	463	20
Nurse	552	69	1,477	66
Other	112	14	312	14
Healthcare level (n = 799)
Primary care	437	55	1,105	49
Secondary care	362	45	1,147	51
Hospital district (n = 802)
KLa	423	53	1,248	55
NSb	326	40	888	40
CFc	53	7	116	5

^aKL = Kymenlaakso hospital district.

^bNS = Northern-Savo hospital district.

^cCF = Central-Finland hospital district.