Table 2.

Survey participants’ characteristics.

Total of Participants	267
Sex (male versus female)	92 (34.4%) versus 175 (65.6%)
Age (years old):
I. 20–30	I. 0 (0%)
II. 31–40	II. 11 (4.2%)
III. 41–50	III. 40 (14.9%)
IV. 51–60	IV. 84 (31.3%)
V. >60	V. 132 (49.6%)
Types of pediatricians:
i. Primary care	I. 202 (75.5%)
ii. Pediatric hospital medicine	II. 42 (16.3%)
iii. Pediatric emergency medicine	III. 5 (1.9%)
iv. Specialized outpatient healthcare	IV. 14 (5.4%)
v. Pediatric critical care medicine	V. 2 (0.9%)
vi. Pediatric infectious disease	VI. 0%
vii. no answer	VII. 2
Territorial subdivisions (South and Islands versus Center of Italy versus Northern Italy)	52 (19.4%) versus 73 (27.4%) versus 142 (53.2%).