Table 3.

Demographic characteristics for healthcare practitioners

Characteristic	Session 1 a n = 10	Session 2 n = 3	Session 3 a n = 5
Age, n (%) 30–39 40–49 50–59 60–69 70–79	0 (0) 2 (28.6) 4 (57.1) 1 (14.3) 0 (0)	0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (33) 1 (33) 1 (33)	3 (75) 0 (0) 1 (25) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Genderc, n (%)	7 “F” or “female” (100)	3 “F” or “female” (100)	3 “F” or “female” (75) 1 “Male” (25)
Race/ethnicity b,c	“African American” “Caucasian” “Caucasian” “caucasian” “White” “White” “White”	“Caucasian” “Caucasian” “White, non-Hispanic”	“Asian/Caucasian” “Caucasian” “White” “White”
Job title b,c	“Clinic director and Academic Dean” “Counselor” “Licensed acupuncturist” “LMP” “Mental health counselor/owner” Naturopathic doctor and acupuncturist “Owner of business” Psychotherapist “Yoga professional instructor”	“Clinical Professor” “Postdoc RN” “Student and clinician (NP)”	“ARNP” “assoc. prof” “MD” “Physician” Internal medicine physician
Years practicing supporting individuals experiencing menopause, Mean (SD) Range	11.2 (5.9) 3–17	30.0 (17.6) 10–43	9.3 (12.0) 1.5–27

Abbreviations: ARNP, advanced registered nurse practitioner; LMP, licensed massage practitioner; MD, medical doctor; NP, nurse practitioner; RN, registered nurse; SD, standard deviation.

^aThree of the 10 participants in Session 1 and 1 of the 5 participants in Session 3 did not return a completed demographic form. Complete information was obtained only about their job title (not enclosed in quotes) except for 1 participant in session 1.

^bListed in alphabetical order.

^cGender, race/ethnicity, and job title were reported by participants via open-ended responses. Quotation marks indicate verbatim what the participants wrote on their surveys.