Table 1.
General characteristics
| Variable | n (%) |
|---|---|
| Surgeons | |
| EDS member | |
| Yes | 69 (81.2) |
| No | 15 (17.6) |
| Unknown | 1 (1.2) |
| Sex | |
| Male | 74 (87.1) |
| Female | 11 (12.9) |
| Age | |
| <35 | 31 (36.5) |
| 35–54 | 37 (43.5) |
| ≥55 | 17 (20.0) |
| Profession1 | |
| Head of department | 25 (29.4) |
| Consultant | 24 (28.2) |
| Board certified surgeon | 22 (25.9) |
| Resident | 14 (16.5) |
| Surgical specialty2 | |
| HPB | 50 (32.3) |
| Colorectal | 48 (31.0) |
| Upper GI | 37 (23.9) |
| Endocrine | 9 (5.8) |
| Liver transplant | 2 (1.3) |
| Vascular | 1 (0.6) |
| Gynaecology and obstetrics | 2 (1.3) |
| Thoracic | 1 (0.6) |
| Hernia | 1 (0.6) |
| Unspecified | 4 (2.6) |
| Departments | |
| Type of hospital | |
| University hospital | 34 (49.3) |
| General hospital (university-affiliated) | 16 (23.2) |
| General hospital (non-university) | 14 (20.3) |
| Private practice | 3 (4.3) |
| Unspecified | 2 (2.9) |
| Size of hospital (number of beds) | |
| <100 | 1 (1.4) |
| 100–200 | 5 (7.2) |
| 201–500 | 24 (34.8) |
| 501–1,000 | 24 (34.8) |
| >1,000 | 15 (21.7) |
| Intensive care capacity (number of intensive care beds) | |
| <10 | 6 (9.0) |
| 10–20 | 26 (38.8) |
| 21–50 | 25 (37.3) |
| 51–100 | 9 (13.4) |
| >100 | 1 (1.5) |
HPB, hepato-pancreatico-biliary; GI Gastrointestinal; EDS, European Digestive Surgery.
1
Obligatory to fill in.
2
Multiple answers were possible.