Table 1.
Characteristics of attending health‐care professionals (n = 250), stratified by those who did and did not complete the follow‐up questionnaires
| N | Total (n = 250) | FU | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Completed (n = 84) | Did not complete (n = 166) | |||
| Age, y, median [IQR] | 230 | 40 [28‐55] | 40 [28‐54] | 41 [27‐56] |
| Female | 241 | 202 (83.8) | 71 (86.6) | 131 (82.4) |
| Profession | 246 | |||
| Dietitian | 147 (59.8) | 54 (65.1) | 93 (57.1) | |
| Physician | 54 (22.0) | 16 (19.3) | 38 (23.3) | |
| Nurses | 36 (14.6) | 11 (13.3) | 25 (15.3) | |
| Others | 9 (3.7) | 2 (2.4) | 7 (4.3) | |
| Years of practice, median [IQR] | 245 | 10 [3‐30] | 10 [3‐26] | 11 [3‐30] |
| Setting | 242 | |||
| Community service | 36 (14.9) | 15 (18.3) | 21 (13.1) | |
| General practice | 65 (26.9) | 17 (20.7) | 48 (30.0) | |
| Outpatient clinic | 23 (9.5) | 8 (9.8) | 15 (9.4) | |
| Nursing home | 20 (8.3) | 6 (7.3) | 14 (8.8) | |
| Hospital | 132 (54.5) | 46 (56.1) | 86 (53.8) | |
| Other settings | 29 (12.0) | 7 (8.5) | 22 (13.8) | |
| Work with patients aged ≥65 y, yes | 241 | 235 (97.5) | 77 (96.3) | 158 (98.1) |
| Received sarcopenia‐related education in the last 6 mo | 242 | 41 (16.9) | 20 (24.7) | 21 (13.0) |
Variables are presented as n (%) unless indicated otherwise.
Abbreviations: FU, follow‐up; IQR, interquartile range; y, years; mo, months.