Table 1.
Respondent Demographics
| Demographics | N (column %)a N=359b |
|
|---|---|---|
| Type of sub-specialty | ||
| General Ob-Gyn | 337(94) | |
| Reproductive Endocrinology Subspecialty | 15(4) | |
| Urogynecology | 9(3) | |
| Minimally invasive gynecology/laparoscopy | 35(10) | |
| Clinical Research | 16(4) | |
| Membership status | ||
| Collaborative Ambulatory Research Network Member (CARN) | 293 (82) | |
| Non-CARN member | 66 (18) | |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 167(49) | |
| Female | 173(51) | |
| Years since completing residency | ||
| < 5 years | 25 (7) | |
| 5–10 years | 82 (24) | |
| 11–20 years | 94 (27) | |
| > 20 years | 143 (42) | |
| Type of Practice | ||
| Private practice | 283(82) | |
| Community hospital faculty | 16(5) | |
| University hospital faculty | 37(11) | |
| Geographical Districts | ||
| Midwest | 76(23) | |
| Northeast | 69(21) | |
| South | 116(36) | |
| West | 65(20) | |
| Proportion of time providing direct patient care | ||
| 0–50% | 24(7) | |
| 51–75% | 40(12) | |
| 76–100% | 276(81) | |
| Average number of patients evaluated per month with heavy Menstrual bleeding | ||
| 1–10 | 165 (47) | |
| 11 or more | 184 (53) | |
| Average number of ablations performed per month | ||
| None | 65 (19) | |
| 1–5 | 254 (73) | |
| 6 or more | 30 (9) | |
| Average number of hysterectomies performed per month | ||
| None | 51 (15) | |
| 1–5 | 272 (78) | |
| 6 or more | 27 (8) | |
| Has friends or family members with heavy menstrual bleeding | ||
| Yes | 182 (53) | |
| No | 104 (31) | |
| Did not know | 56 (16) | |
| Median time to complete questionnairec | Median, IQR 14 minutes (8) |
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a
Could add up to > 100% because multiple choices could be selected
b
Column may not add up to total (n= 359) because of skip patterns and item nonresponse
c
Only for online surveys