Table 1. Demographic characteristics.

Gender	male	33 (59%)
	female	23 (41%)
Age	<50 years	24 (43%)
	≥50 years	30 (54%)
	not specified	2 (3%)
Board certification	neurology	24 (43%)
	neurology & psychiatry	32 (57%)
Period of board certification	<15 years	24 (43%)
	≥15 years	31 (55%)
	not specified	1 (2%)
Private practice	<10 years	29 (52%)
	≥10 years	26 (46%)
	not specified	1 (2%)
Treated MS patients per quarter	<10	21 (37%)
	10–100	24 (43%)
	>100	11 (20%)
Counseling of female patients concerning pregnancy related topics	extensively	23 (41%)
	to a certain degree	28 (50%)
	not at all	5 (9%)
Counseling of male patients concerning pregnancy related topics	extensively	14 (25%)
	to a certain degree	35 (62%)
	not at all	7 (13%)
Relevance of pregnancy aspects in MS	very relevant	18 (32%)
	moderately relevant	25 (45%)
	little relevant	9 (16%)
	not relevant	3 (5%)
	not specified	1 (2%)