Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of survey respondents
| Response rate | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Europe | Outside Europe | |
| Valid respondents | 839 (100%) | 546 (65%) | 293 (35%) |
| Main specialty area | |||
| Intensive care | 545 (65%) | 313 (57%) | 232 (79%) |
| Anesthesiology | 197 (23%) | 164 (30%) | 33 (11%) |
| Internal medicine | 53 (6%) | 44 (8%) | 9 (3%) |
| Surgery | 8 (1%) | 3 (0.5%) | 5 (2%) |
| Other | 36 (4%) | 22 (4%) | 14 (5%) |
| Experience as intensivist | |||
| Full time > 5 years | 445 (53%) | 282 (52%) | 163 (56%) |
| Full time 2–5 years | 98 (12%) | 49 (9%) | 49 (17%) |
| Full time < 2 years | 46 (5%) | 26 (5%) | 20 (7%) |
| Part time intensivist | 141 (17%) | 116 (21%) | 25 (9%) |
| Not specialized (yet) | 108 (13%) | 73 (13%) | 35 (12%) |
| Type of institution | |||
| University hospital | 353 (42%) | 262 (48%) | 91 (31%) |
| Non-university public hospital | 183 (22%) | 149 (27%) | 34 (12%) |
| University affiliated hospital | 178 (21%) | 100 (18%) | 78 (27%) |
| Private hospital | 113 (13%) | 31 (6%) | 82 (28%) |
| Other | 12 (1%) | 4 (1%) | 8 (3%) |
| Type of ICU | |||
| Mixed ICU | 627 (75%) | 408 (75%) | 219 (75%) |
| Surgical ICU | 88 (10%) | 68 (12%) | 20 (7%) |
| Medical ICU | 83 (10%) | 50 (9%) | 33 (11%) |
| Other | 41 (5%) | 20 (4%) | 21 (7%) |
| Number of ICU beds | |||
| ≤ 5 | 23 (3%) | 16 (3%) | 7 (2%) |
| 6–10 | 221 (26%) | 176 (32%) | 45 (15%) |
| 11–15 | 188 (22%) | 135 (25%) | 53 (18%) |
| 16–20 | 150 (18%) | 89 (16%) | 61 (21%) |
| ≥ 20 | 257 (31%) | 130 (24%) | 127 (43%) |
| Number of patients admitted per year | |||
| < 500 | 188 (22%) | 135 (25%) | 53 (18%) |
| 500–1000 | 291 (35%) | 193 (35%) | 98 (33%) |
| 1001–1500 | 178 (21%) | 115 (21%) | 63 (22%) |
| 1501–2000 | 92 (11%) | 58 (11%) | 34 (12%) |
| > 2000 | 90 (11%) | 45 (8%) | 45 (15%) |