Table 2.
Demographic Characteristics of the Health Professionals (n=93)
| |
ALL PARTICIPANTS (N=93) |
NURSES (N=72) |
PHYSICIANS (N=21) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHARACTERISTICS | N | % | N | % | N | % |
| Gender | ||||||
| Women | 76 | 81.72 | 69 | 95.83 | 7 | 33.33 |
| Men | 17 | 18.28 | 3 | 4.16 | 14 | 66.66 |
| Age | ||||||
| <30 | 24 | 25.81 | 23 | 31.94 | 1 | 4.76 |
| 30–39 | 21 | 22.58 | 14 | 19.44 | 7 | 33.33 |
| 40–49 | 30 | 32.26 | 28 | 38.88 | 2 | 9.52 |
| 50–59 | 15 | 16.13 | 7 | 9.72 | 8 | 38.09 |
| >60 | 3 | 3.23 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14.28 |
| Medical specialty | ||||||
| Pulmonology | 4 | 4.30 | 2 | 2.77 | 2 | 9.52 |
| Cardiology | 13 | 13.97 | 9 | 12.50 | 4 | 19.04 |
| Internal medicine | 25 | 26.88 | 10 | 13.88 | 15 | 71.42 |
| Unspecified | 51 | 54.83 | 51 | 70.83 | — | — |
| Years in clinical practice | 14.89 (SD=10.86) | 12.75 (SD=9.20) | 21.71 (SD=13.01) | |||
| Highest educational grade | ||||||
| Nursing diploma | 72 | 77.42 | 72 | 100 | — | — |
| M.D. | 18 | 19.35 | — | — | 18 | 85.71 |
| M.D.+Master degree | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| M.D.+Ph.D. | 3 | 3.22 | — | — | 3 | 14.28 |
SD, standard deviation.