Table 2.
Respondents’ demographic information. Information presented is from entire sample of respondents, including those that did not respond to the survey item which classified them as adopters or non-adopters. Continuous data are presented as mean ± standard deviation.
| Total (n) | 78 |
| Years of practice | 18.49 ± 10.32 |
| Average number of patients seen per week | 23.94 ± 12.66 |
| Average hours per week seeing patients | 24.76 ± 11.22 |
| Practice setting* (n) | |
| University or research hospital | 42 |
| Community hospital | 25 |
| VA hospital | 7 |
| All other hospitals | 5 |
| Outpatient rehabilitation center | 10 |
| Skilled nursing facility | 4 |
| Assisted living | 3 |
| Home health agency/Patient’s home | 3 |
| Private practice | 10 |
| College/University | 13 |
| Research/Scientific organization, foundation, lab | 4 |
| Other | 10 |
| Care level* (n) | |
| Outpatient | 53 |
| Acute | 59 |
| Long-term acute | 11 |
| Inpatient rehabilitation | 29 |
| Subacute/transitional care | 13 |
| Hospice/palliative care | 13 |
| Research participants | 24 |
| Other | 1 |
| Dysphagia caseload (n) | |
| 0 – 24% | 3 |
| 25 – 49% | 8 |
| 50 – 74% | 22 |
| 75 – 100% | 45 |
| Instrumentation Training* (n) | |
| Videofluoroscopy/MBSS | 77 |
| Nasal endoscopy/FEES | 70 |
| Oral/rigid endoscopy | 35 |
| Pharyngeal or esophageal manometry | 15 |
| Insufflation | 24 |
| Tracheoesophageal voice prosthesis placement | 42 |
| Speaking valve placement with tracheostomies or ventilators | 73 |
| Nasometry | 9 |
| Ultrasonography | 3 |
| Electromyography (EMG) | 23 |
*
Categories are not mutually exclusive.