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. 2020 Mar 9;174(5):e196306. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.6306

Table 1. Demographics for mITT Sample.

Variable No. (%)
Overall Cohort 1 Cohort 2 Cohort 3 Cohort 4 Cohort 5
PCP participants, No. 132 27 33 29 28 15
Age, median (IQR), y 46 (37-55) 43 (36-55) 49 (45-60) 45 (37-53) 46 (36-55.5) 39 (36-50)
Sex
Female 108 (82) 21 (78) 26 (79) 23 (79) 23 (82) 15 (100)
Race
White 100 (76) 21 (78) 23 (70) 23 (79) 20 (71) 13 (87)
Black or African American 7 (5) 2 (7) 2 (6) 2 (7) 1 (4) 0
Asian 21 (16) 3 (11) 8 (24) 3 (10) 6 (21) 1 (7)
Other/multiracial 4 (3) 1 (4) 0 1 (3) 1 (4) 1 (7)
Ethnicity
Hispanic or Latino 8 (6) 2 (7) 0 2 (7) 4 (14) 0
Specialty
General pediatrician 100 (76) 18 (67) 30 (91) 23 (79) 20 (71) 9 (60)
Internal medicine–pediatrics physician 6 (5) 3 (11) 1 (3) 1 (3) 1 (4) 0
Family medicine physician 7 (5) 1 (4) 1 (3) 2 (7) 1 (4) 2 (13)
Nurse practitioner 15 (11) 5 (19) 1 (3) 2 (7) 3 (11) 4 (27)
Physician assistant 2 (2) 0 0 1 (3) 1 (4) 0
Other 2 (2) 0 0 0 2 (7) 0
Years in practice, median (IQR) 13.5 (6-22.5) 13 (2.5-23) 19 (11-25) 12 (7-17) 13.5 (5.5-25.5) 7 (5-15)
Children seen at practice per y, median (IQR) 3000 (1302-4000) 3500 (2079-4500) 3000 (1000-4000) 2880 (1000-3600) 2600 (2000-4200) 1504 (700-3700)
Additional training in autism 62 (47) 18 (67) 13 (39) 11 (38) 14 (50) 6 (40)
Type of additional traininga
Content within a graduate course (not autism-specific) 13 (21) 6 (33) 2 (15) 1 (9) 1 (7) 3 (50)
Specific graduate course on autism 5 (8) 1 (6) 1 (8) 2 (18) 0 1 (17)
Workshop 23 (37) 5 (28) 4 (31) 4 (36) 7 (50) 3 (50)
Conference presentation 17 (27) 4 (22) 3 (23) 2 (18) 6 (43) 2 (33)
Continuing medical education seminar 30 (48) 9 (50) 7 (54) 6 (55) 6 (43) 2 (33)
Webinar 6 (10) 0 1 (8) 4 (36) 0 (0) 1 (17)
Residency rotation during residency 23 (37) 5 (28) 7 (54) 3 (27) 6 (43) 2 (33)
Medical school rotation 7 (11) 3 (17) 2 (15) 1 (9) 1 (7) 0
Practice setting
Academic medical center 21 (16) 7 (26) 2 (6) 3 (10) 5 (18) 4 (27)
Federally qualified health center 13 (10) 3 (11) 1 (3) 1 (3) 2 (7) 6 (40)
Multiple settings 10 (8) 0 4 (12) 4 (14) 2 (7) 0
Solo practice 20 (15) 1 (4) 12 (36) 2 (7) 5 (18) 0
Private group practice 50 (38) 10 (37) 11 (33) 13 (45) 14 (50) 2 (13)
Other 18 (14) 6 (22) 3 (9) 6 (21) 0 3 (20)

Abbreviations: IQR, interquartile range; mITT, modified intent-to-treat; PCP, primary care physician or practitioner.

a

Percentages are of those with any additional training in autism.