Table 1.
Sample characteristics of physician survey respondents
| Respondent characteristics (N = 124) | Valuea |
|---|---|
| Age (years), mean (SD; range) | 37.8 (12.8; 25–66) |
| Professional experience (years), mean (SD; range) | 12.0 (12.3; < 1–40) |
| Sex (n = 122) | |
| Women | 75 (61.5) |
| Men | 47 (38.5) |
| Professional level (n = 121) | |
| Attending | 56 (46.3) |
| Resident | 65 (53.7) |
| Currently practicing | 124 (100) |
| Geographic work location (n = 123) | |
| Urban | 115 (93.5) |
| Nonurban | 8 (6.5) |
| Northern country | 118 (95.9) |
| South (Madeira Island) | 5 (4.1) |
| Medical specialty (n = 119) | |
| General practice | 46 (38.7) |
| Internal medicine | 13 (10.9) |
| Ophthalmology | 11 (9.2) |
| Psychiatry | 6 (5.0) |
| Infectious diseases | 5 (4.2) |
| Nephrology | 5 (4.2) |
| Legal medicine | 4 (3.4) |
| Endocrinology | 4 (3.4) |
| Cardiology | 3 (2.5) |
| Pediatrics | 3 (2.5) |
| Neurology | 2 (1.7) |
| Gynecology | 2 (1.7) |
| Pathology | 2 (1.7) |
| General surgery | 1 (0.8) |
| Pulmonology | 1 (0.8) |
| N/A (1st-year interns) | 11 (9.2) |
a
Data are no. (%) of physician survey respondents unless otherwise indicated.
SD = standard deviation.