Table 1. Baseline characteristics of respondents.

Baseline characteristics			Value
Gynecologists			301 (67.9)
	Work experience in years		12 (7–19)
	Type of institution
		(Academic) Training hospital	202 (67.1)
		Non-academic non-training hospital	99 (32.9)
	Special interest
		Urogynecology	102 (23.0)
		Benign gynecology/endoscopy	191 (43.1)
		Gynecologic oncology	120 (27.1)
		Other	6 (2.0)
	No. of hysterectomies per year		30 (20–40)
	No. of vaginal hysterectomies per year		5 (0–12)
	Knowledge of current literature
		Knows current literature	182 (60.5)
		Knows hypothesis, not the literature	119 (39.5)
		Never heard of hypothesis	0 (0.0)
Gynecology trainees			142 (32.1)
	Year of residency
		1 or 2	39 (27.5)
		3 or 4	54 (38.0)
		5 or 6	49 (34.5)
	Special interest (residents in 5th or 6th year only)
		Urogynecology	2 (4.1)
		Benign gynecology/endoscopy	15 (30.6)
		Gynecologic oncology	9 (18.4)
		Other/unknown	23 (53.1)
	No. of hysterectomies performed with or without supervision		25 (10–50)
	No. of vaginal hysterectomies performed with or without supervision		8 (3–15)
	Knowledge of current literature
		Knows current literature	57 (40.1)
		Knows hypothesis, not the literature	85 (59.9)
		Never heard of hypothesis	0 (0.0)

Values are presented as number (%) or median (interquartile range).