TABLE 1.
Demographic Characteristics and Working Area of Health Service Providers (N = 34)
| N (%) | M (SD) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | |||
| Males | 10 (29%) | ||
| Females | 24 (71%) | ||
| Ethnicity | |||
| Georgian | 34 (100%) | ||
| Age | 42.6 (9.9) | ||
| Years of education | 17.0 (1.4) | ||
| Highest Degree | |||
| MD | 22 (65%) | ||
| Bachelor | 6 (18%) | ||
| PhD | 4 (12%) | ||
| Nurse | 2 (6%) | ||
| Working area | |||
| Addiction treatment (including residential and medication-assisted) | 15 (44%) | ||
| Low-threshold services (including psycho-social rehabilitation, voluntary counseling and testing, needle and syringe programs) | 8 (24%) | ||
| Cardiologist, neurologist and internal medicine specialist | 4 (12%) | ||
| Rehabilitation field (plasmopheresis, physiotherapy, and massage) | 3 (9%) | ||
| Obstetrics and gynecology | 2 (6%) | ||
| Infectious diseases treatment | 1 (3%) | ||
| Intensive therapy (anesthesiologist) | 1 (3%) |