Table 1.
Characteristics of the participants
| Surgeons | Internists | GPs | Oncologists | Total | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 2015 | 1999 | 2015 | 1999 | 2015 | 1999 | 2015 | 1999 | 2015 | ||||||||||||
| Number (% of total) | 175 | (24) | 142 | (22) | 184 | (25) | 153 | (24) | 316 | (43) | 245 | (38) | 54 | (7) | 104 | (16) | 729 | (100) | 644 | (100) | |
| Response rate, % | 58 | 47 | 61 | 47 | 63 | 49 | 51 | 66 | 62 | 51 | |||||||||||
| Female, n (%) | 33 | (19) | 47 | (33) | 60 | (33) | 81 | (53) | 170 | (55) | 173 | (71) | 30 | (56) | 85 | (82) | 293 | (41) | 386 | (60) | |
| Mean age (range) | 48 | (33–66) | 51 | (33–64) | 48 | (32–70) | 52 | (33–65) | 42 | (25–63) | 47 | (25–65) | 46 | (35–61) | 48 | (32–67) | 45 | (25–70) | 50 | (25–67) | |
| Work placea | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Outpatient unit | 1 | (1) | 2 | (1) | 15 | (9) | 15 | (10) | 242 | (78) | 208 | (86) | 2 | (4) | 4 | (4) | 260 | (37) | 229 | (36) | |
| Hospital | 146 | (85) | 124 | (88) | 123 | (71) | 122 | (82) | 33 | (11) | 24 | (10) | 44 | (83) | 91 | (88) | 346 | (49) | 361 | (57) | |
| Other | 24 | (14) | 15 | (11) | 35 | (20) | 12 | (8) | 35 | (11) | 10 | (4) | 7 | (13) | 8 | (8) | 101 | (14) | 45 | (7) | |
| Years from graduation, median (range)b | 22 | (2–42) | 26 | (7–42) | 21 | (7–41) | 26 | (8–42) | 16 | (1–35) | 21 | (0–40) | 18 | (9–34) | 22 | (7–40) | 19 | (1–42) | 23 | (0–42) | |
| Married, n (%) | 140 | (81) | 119 | (84) | 142 | (79) | 124 | (81) | 228 | (73) | 198 | (81) | 45 | (83) | 71 | (71) | 555 | (77) | 512 | (80) | |
GP general practitioner
a For 32 participants working place was not available
b For 19 participants year of graduation was not available