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. 2020 Aug 29;68:218–225. doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2020.08.027

Table 1.

General characteristics of the sample population.

Characteristics n = 689
Age (years) 45 ± 11
Level of training
 In training (resident) 110/689 (16%)
 In training (fellow) 25/689 (4%)
 Radiologist/attending radiologist 551/689 (80%)
 Other 3/689 (0.4%)
Gender
 Male 365/688 (53%)
 Female 317/688 (47%)
 Nonbinary 1/688 (0.2%)
 Prefer not to say 5/688 (0.7%)
Main areas of practice⁎⁎
 General radiology 263/689 (38%)
 Abdominal radiology 157/689 (23%)
 Cardiothoracic radiology 63/689 (9%)
 Vascular and interventional radiology 89/689 (13%)
 Musculoskeletal radiology 92/689 (13%)
 Emergency radiology 137/689 (20%)
 Neuroradiology 100/689 (15%)
 Nuclear medicine 43/689 (6%)
 Women's imaging 113/689 (16%)
 Pediatric radiology 53/689 (8%)
 Other 19/689 (3%)
Main types of practice environment⁎⁎
 Academic hospital 505/689 (73%)
 Private 175/689 (25%)
 Public hospital (including veteran affairs and county) 100/689 (15%)
 Other 17/689 (3%)
Main settings of practice⁎⁎
 Outpatient 499/689 (72%)
 Inpatient 519/689 (75%)
 Emergency 384/689 (56%)
 Teleradiology 82/689 (12%)
 Other 5/689 (0.7%)
Distribution of time spent on professional activities
 Clinical duties
 0–25% 42/681 (6%)
 26–50% 58/681 (9%)
 51–75% 170/681 (25%)
 >75% 411/681 (60%)
 Direct patient contact
 0–25% 415/603 (69%)
 26–50% 99/603 (16%)
 51–75% 33/603 (5%)
 >75% 56/603 (9%)
 Education (teaching)
 0–25% 467/618 (76%)
 26–50% 120/618 (19%)
 51–75% 23/618 (4%)
 >75% 8/618 (1%)
 Research
 0–25% 529/579 (91%)
 26–50% 44/579 (8%)
 51–75% 4/579 (1%)
 >75% 2/579 (0.4%)

Note: all data are presented as numerators and denominators with percentages in parentheses unless otherwise specified.

Reported as mean ± standard deviation.

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These questions gave respondents the option to ‘select all that apply’.