Table 1.
General characteristics of survey respondents
| Mean age (SD) | 43.7 (10.8) | ||
| Mean years of experience (SD) | 11.0 (8.7) | ||
| Mean amount of colleagues (SD) | 15.8 (9.4) | ||
| Number of respondents | Percentage | ||
| Gender | Male | 43 | 44.3 |
| Female | 54 | 55.7 | |
| Sub-specializationa | Yes | 56 | 57.7 |
| No | 41 | 42.3 | |
| Personnel type | Pathologist | 76 | 78.4 |
| Resident | 21 | 21.6 | |
| Type of hospital | University hospital | 35 | 36.1 |
| Non-university hospital | 62 | 63.9 | |
| Use of SSR | Frequent | 80 | 82.5 |
| Sporadic | 13 | 13.4 | |
| Never | 4 | 4.1 | |
Total number of respondents = 97
SD, standard deviation; SSR, standardized structured reporting
aSpecialization within pathology