Table 1.
Characteristics of rheumatologists who completed the survey
| Characteristics | N (%)a |
|---|---|
| Sex (n = 87) | |
| Female | 50 (58) |
| Male | 37 (43) |
| Province (n = 87) | |
| Ontario | 27 (31) |
| Alberta | 21 (24) |
| Quebec | 14 (16) |
| British Columbia | 11 (13) |
| Nova Scotia | 4 (5) |
| Saskatchewan | 3 (3) |
| Manitoba | 3 (3) |
| New Brunswick | 3 (3) |
| Newfoundland/Labrador | 1 (1) |
| Practice setting (n = 88) | |
| Academic/teaching hospital | 61 (69) |
| Group community practice | 13 (15) |
| Solo community practice | 9 (10) |
| Other, specifyb | 5 (6) |
| Percent of time spent seeing patients (n = 87) | |
| < 25% | 11 (13) |
| 25 to 50% | 15 (17) |
| 51 to 75% | 24 (28) |
| > 75% | 37 (43) |
| Years spent practicing rheumatology (n = 87) | |
| Currently in training | 10 (11) |
| 5 years or less | 17 (19) |
| 6 to 10 years | 11 (13) |
| 11 to 20 years | 17 (20) |
| > 20 years | 32 (37) |
| Proportion of patients with inflammatory arthritis (n = 86) | |
| < 25% | 2 (2) |
| 25 to 50% | 15 (17) |
| 51 to 75% | 49 (57) |
| > 75% | 20 (23) |
| Proportion of inflammatory arthritis patients that are women of childbearing age (n = 87) | |
| 0 | 0 (0) |
| 1 to 25% | 43 (49) |
| 26 to 50% | 37 (43) |
| 51 to 75% | 5 (6) |
| > 75% | 2 (2) |
| Refer pregnant inflammatory arthritis patients or those considering pregnancy to an “expert” colleague (n = 87) | |
| Yes | 33 (38) |
| No | 54 (62) |
| Follow inflammatory arthritis patients during pregnancy (n = 87) | |
| Yes | 76 (87) |
| No | 11 (12) |
a % calculated on completed responses; b Others included: rheumatology trainee, not practicing, community with academic and research ‘agenda’, subspecialized academic clinic, and mixed academic/solo community practice