Table 1. Sociodemographic and professional characterization of the participants of the permanent education workshops for the diagnosis and management of syphilis, Londrina, PR, Brazil, 2014.

Characteristics	Description	N*(102)						%
		Female	Male	Total		Female	Male	Total
Age group and sex (n = 90)	22-30	18	02	20		23.1	16.7	22.2
	31-40	28	06	34		35.9	50.0	37.8
	41-50	14	-	14		17.9	-	15.6
	51-61	18	04	22		23.2	33.3	24.4
Graduation	Medicine	14	07	21		16.3	43.8	20.6
	Nursing	64	08	72		74.4	50.0	70.6
	Nursing technician	07	01	08		8.1	6.3	8.1
	Other Graduation	01	-	01		1.2	-	0.7
Location	Primary Care	79	14	93		91.9	87.5	91.1
	Other Services	07	02	09		8.1	12.5	8.9
Training time (in years)	< 1	06	-	06		7.0	-	5.9
	1 a 3	11	02	13		12.8	12.5	13.7
	4 a 5	04	02	06		4.7	12.5	5.9
	6 a 10	17	04	21		19.8	25.0	19.6
	> 10	48	08	56		55.8	50.0	54.9
Time of action in maternal and child care (in years)	< 1	07	-	07		8.1	-	6.9
	1 a 3	20	03	23		23.3	18.8	22.5
	4 a 5	06	04	10		7.0	25.0	09.9
	6 a 10	14	01	15		16.3	6.3	14.7
	> 10	39	08	47		45.3	50.0	46.0
Time working in the diagnosis and management of syphilis (in years)	< 1	08	-	08		9.3	0.0	7.8
	1 a 3	33	04	37		38.4	25.0	36.3
	4 a 5	04	04	08		4.7	25.0	07.8
	6 a 10	15	03	18		17.4	18.8	17.7
> 10	26	05	31		30.2	31.3	30.4

* When the number of responses was lower than the number of people who answered the questionnaire the total was specified below the variable