TABLE 1.

Socio-demographics of the participant physicians.

Attribute	Category	No. (N = 172)
Age (years)	20–30 30–40 40–50 >50	42 83 29 18
Gender	Male Female	110 62
Marital status	Single Married Divorced/separated	62 95 15
Region (India)	North South East West Central	32 68 30 32 20
Specialty	General physicians General Medicine/Pulmonologists Intensive care specialists Other specialties	74 52 25 21
Experience (years)	0–5 5–10 10–20 >20	25 34 92 21
Area of practice	Urban Semi-urban Rural	98 53 21
Set-up of practice	Government set-up Private organizations Private practice	110 47 15