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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Genet. 2010 Oct 12;79(2):125–131. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2010.01540.x

Table 1.

Respondent demographics and practice characteristics (n=194)

N (%)
Age, median (range) 33 (25 −62 YO)
Gender
   Female 183 (94)
   Male 11 (6)
Number of years providing clinical testing for hereditary cancer syndromes
   Less than 5 years 83 (43)
   5-10 years 79 (41)
   more than 10 years 32 (16)
Clinical setting
   Academic medical center 101 (52)
   Community/private hospital 68 (35)
   Other* 25 (13)
# counseling sessions per week
   0-5 53 (27)
   5-10 84 (43)
   10-15 45 (23)
   >15 12 (6)
% time dedicated to: Mean (SD)
   clinical genetic counseling 83.3 (20.7)
   research 13.2 (17.0)
   other activities 15.4 (20.0)
*

Commercial laboratory, private company, private practice, government.