Table 1.

Participants’ demographic characteristics

Characteristics	Physicians (n=77)	Nurses (n=70)	P value
Age (in years), mean (SD)	45.7 (9.5)	50.7 (9.0)	<0.01
Sex, n (%)
Male	26 (34)	1 (1)	<0.01
Female	51 (66)	69 (99)
Profession, n (%)
Rheumatologist	67 (87)	–	–
Physician assistant	10 (13)	–
Nurse specialist	–	11 (16)
Rheumatology nurse	–	59 (84)
Years of work experience, mean (SD)	11.1 (9.5)	11.8 (7.0)	0.63
Work setting†, n (%)
Academic hospital	18 (23)	12 (17)	0.12
Teaching hospital	33 (43)	19 (27)
General hospital	25 (32)	36 (51)
Other‡	6 (8)	5 (7)

†The sum of percentages exceeds 100 since some participants worked in multiple settings.

‡Other work settings included independent treatment centres and primary care practices.