Table 1.
Participant characteristics
| # survey participants | Orthopaedic surgeon leadership group | Orthopaedic surgeons (AAOS outcomes SIG/ORS group) |
|---|---|---|
| N = 18 | N = 69 | |
| % malea | 100% | 78% |
| Age categorya | ||
| 18–24 | 0% | 0% |
| 25–34 | 0% | 1% |
| 35–44 | 0% | 17% |
| 45–54 | 33% | 17% |
| 55–64 | 67% | 41% |
| 65–74 | 0% | 19% |
| ≥75 | 0% | 4% |
| Backgroundb | ||
| Arthroplasty surgeon, private practice | 56% | 18% |
| Arthroplasty surgeon, academic practice | 39% | 43% |
| Arthroplasty researcher | 11% | 49% |
| Orthopaedic surgeon, not focused on arthroplasty, private practice | 11% | 8% |
| Orthopaedic surgeon, not focused on arthroplasty, academic practice | 17% | 7% |
| Patient | 0% | 7% |
| Policy maker | 0% | 3% |
| Time spent planning/conducting arthroplasty trials | ||
| 0–10% | 67% | 57% |
| 11–20% | 28% | 16% |
| 21–30% | 0% | 16% |
| 31–50% | 0% | 4% |
| >50% | 6% | 6% |
| Years practicing/doing research in arthroplasty | ||
| < 5 | 6% | 4% |
| 5–<10 | 0% | 13% |
| 10–20 | 18% | 23% |
| >20 | 77% | 59% |
aMissing values for AAOS-Outcome SIG and OMERACT cohorts: sex: 5 vs. none; age, 4 vs. none; bBackground, people could choose more than one option