Table 1.
Description of the sample of professionals whose responses were analysed
| General practitioners (n=936) | Paediatricians (n=682) |
Nurses (n=286) |
|
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |
| Professional experience | |||
| ≤5 years | 38 (4.1) | 65 (9.5) | 20 (7) |
| Between 6 and 15 years | 142 (15.2) | 166 (24.3) | 41 (14.3) |
| Between 16 and 29 years | 470 (50.2) | 268 (39.3) | 129 (45.1) |
| More than 30 years | 286 (30.6) | 183 (26.8) | 96 (33.6) |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 429 (45.8) | 196 (28.7) | 60 (21) |
| Female | 507 (54.2) | 486 (71.3) | 226 (79) |
| Area of professional practice | |||
| Public system | 892 (95.3) | 638 (93.5) | 286 (100) |
| Private or both | 44 (4.7) | 44 (6.5) | 0 (0) |
| Belongs to (institution or organism) | |||
| Public health system | 317 (33.9) | 138 (20.2) | 259 (90.6) |
| CECOVA | – | – | 27 (9.4) |
| SEMG | 464 (49.6) | – | – |
| Illustrious Official College of Physicians of Valencia | 155 (16.6) | 62 (9.1) | – |
| AEPap | – | 280 (41.1) | – |
| SEPEAP | – | 202 (29.6) | – |
AEPap, Spanish Association of Primary Care Paediatrics; CECOVA, Council of Nursing of the Valencian Community; SEMG, Spanish Society of General and Family Practitioners; SEPEAP, Spanish Society of Outpatient and Primary Care Paediatrics.