Table 1.
Socio-demographic and professional characteristics of the study population.
| All Specialties (N = 466) |
Anesthesiology (N = 154) |
General Surgery (N = 101) |
Surgical Specialties (N = 211) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Age, years | 30.4 ± 2.86 (26–50) * | 31 ± 3.69 (26–50) * | 29.8± 2.04 (27–36) * | 30.2 ± 2.34 (27–40) * | ||||
| Gender | ||||||||
| Male | 212 | 47.1 | 65 | 42.2 | 52 | 51.5 | 95 | 48.7 |
| Female | 238 | 52.9 | 89 | 57.8 | 49 | 48.5 | 100 | 51.3 |
| Geographic area of activity | ||||||||
| Southern Italy | 211 | 45.3 | 140 | 90.9 | 22 | 21.8 | 49 | 23.2 |
| Center of Italy | 53 | 11.4 | 14 | 9.1 | 7 | 6.9 | 32 | 15.2 |
| Northern Italy | 203 | 43.3 | - | - | 72 | 71.3 | 130 | 61.6 |
| Number of years since degree | 4 ± 1.84 (1–12) * | 3.9 ± 2.06 (1–12) * | 3.8 ± 1.67 (1–7) * | 4.2 ± 1.74 (1–12) * | ||||
| Years of training | ||||||||
| First year | 111 | 24.5 | 53 | 34.9 | 24 | 23.8 | 34 | 17 |
| Second to sixth year | 342 | 75.5 | 99 | 65.1 | 77 | 76.2 | 166 | 83 |
| Number of surgical procedures witnessed | 100 (60–200) + | 100 (50–200) + | 110 (80–200) + | 120 (80–204) + | ||||
* Mean ± Standard deviation (Range). + Median (interquartile range). Numbers for each item may not add up to total number of study population due to missing values.