Table 3.
Selected physician characteristics
|
Europe |
Latin America |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
PCP |
Specialist |
PCP |
Specialist |
|
| N = 609 | N = 611 | N = 306 | N = 298 | |
|
Years in practice |
21.2* |
19.7 |
16.5 |
18.4* |
| 1–10 years |
103 (16.9%) |
136 (22.3%) |
123 (40.2%) |
90 (30.2%) |
| 11–30 years |
434 (71.3%) |
384 (62.8%) |
155 (50.7%) |
161 (54.0%) |
| ≥31 years |
71† (11.7%) |
91 (14.9%) |
28 (9.2%) |
43† (14.4%) |
|
How many patients do you see per month |
473.1* |
250.3 |
271.5* |
191.8 |
| ≤100 |
60 (9.9%) |
171 (28.0%) |
77 (25.2%) |
121 (40.6%) |
| 101-300 |
153 (25.1%) |
275 (45.0%) |
144 (47.1%) |
112 (37.6%) |
| ≥300 |
392† (65.0%) |
163† (26.7%) |
81† (26.5%) |
60† (20.1%) |
|
Have seen FM patients in past 2 years (including currently) |
n = 503 |
n = 495 |
n = 253 |
n = 254 |
|
How many FM patients have you seen in the past 2 years (including currently)a |
20.0 |
61.0* |
53.9 |
145.7* |
| 1-20 |
401 (79.7%) |
270 (54.5%) |
169 (66.8%) |
140 (55.1%) |
| 21-100 |
72 (14.3%) |
150 (30.3%) |
57 (22.5%) |
71 (28.0%) |
| ≥101 |
28† (5.6%) |
73† (14.7%) |
26† (10.3%) |
42† (16.5%) |
|
Are you aware of ACR 1990 criteria | ||||
| Yes |
249 (40.9%) |
341 (55.8%) |
221 (72.2%) |
227 (76.2%) |
|
Does your practice use ACR 1990 criteria to diagnose FM patients | ||||
| Yes | 151 (24.8%) | 218 (35.7%) | 165 (53.9%) | 184 (61.7%) |
* significant difference PCP vs. specialists within region.
a use base case = currently seeing/have seen FM patients in past 2 years.
† remainder declined to answer.