Table 1.
Demographics (n = 49)
| Physician Respondents | n (%) |
|---|---|
| Gender | |
| Female | 39 (81.3) |
| Male | 9 (18.8) |
| Missing | 1 |
| Years working as a rheumatologist | |
| Rheumatology fellow or trainee | 4 (8.2) |
| 1–5 years | 7 (14.3) |
| 6–15 years | 14 (28.6) |
| 15+ years | 16 (32.7) |
| Not a rheumatologista | 8 (16.3) |
| Primary work setting | |
| Non-academic medical practice | 5 (10.2) |
| Research, non-clinical practice | 1 (2.0) |
| University-affiliated medical practice | 43 (87.8) |
| Published an abstract or journal article about pregnancy and rheumatic disease | 35 (71) |
| Sees 15+ rheumatic pregnancies each year and has authored a manuscript/abstract on rheumatic pregnancies | 23 (46.9) |
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Other responses included high risk obstetrician doing combine rheumatology clinic; maternal fetal medicine subspecialist; obstetric medicine; obstetrician; RN, RM, PhD; trained as a rheumatologist but practicing now as an obstetric physician; high risk obstetrician; and nephrologist.