Table 1.
Respondent characteristics.
| All | Unique Center† | |
|---|---|---|
| Education and training | n = 379 | n = 297 |
| Sleep technologists | 283 (74.7) | 217 (73.1) |
| RPSGT only | 204 (72.1) | 159 (73.3) |
| RRT only | 40 (14.1) | 32 (14.7) |
| Both RRT and RPSGT | 28 (9.9) | 18 (8.3) |
| Unregistered PSGT | 11 (3.9) | 8 (3.7) |
| Physicians/DMD/PhD | 78 (20.6) | 68 (22.9) |
| Sleep medicine* | 57 | 51 |
| Neurology | 18 | 18 |
| Pediatrics | 16 | 13 |
| Pulmonology | 12 | 10 |
| Pulmonary/critical care | 6 | 4 |
| Internal medicine | 9 | 7 |
| Psychiatry | 3 | 2 |
| Family medicine | 2 | 2 |
| Psychologist | 2 | 2 |
| Dentist | 1 | 0 |
| Other | 1 | 0 |
| Advanced practitioners | 10 (2.6) | 7 (2.4) |
| Other | 8 (2.1) | 5 (1.7) |
| Administrative responsibility | n = 375 | n = 297 |
| Lab medical director | 48 (12.8) | 47 (15.8) |
| Experience in sleep medicine | n = 379 | n = 297 |
| In training | 4 (1.1) | 2 (0.7) |
| 0–5 years | 71 (18.7) | 56 (18.9) |
| 6–10 years | 57 (15.0) | 46 (15.5) |
| 10–20 years | 162 (42.7) | 124 (41.8) |
| > 20 years | 85 (22.4) | 69 (23.2) |
| Practice setting | n = 84 | n = 73 |
| Academic hospital | 52 (61.9) | 43 (58.9) |
| Nonacademic MC or HMO | 15 (17.9) | 13 (17.8) |
| Private practice | 13 (15.5) | 13 (17.8) |
| Veterans Affairs | 4 (4.8) | 4 (5.5) |
Data are presented as N (%). *Allowed to choose as many specialties as applied. †Unique center cohort chosen by keeping only 1 respondent (medical director, if available) from multiple responses that matched for 7 sleep lab characteristics. MC = medical center, PSGT = polysomnographic technologist, RRT = registered respiratory therapist, RPSGT = registered polysomnographic therapist.