Table 1.
Characteristics of the 116 respondents.
| N (%) | |
|---|---|
| Gender | |
| Male | 61 (52.6) |
| Female | 55 (47.4) |
| Age | |
| 20-30 | 2 (1.7) |
| 31-40 | 24 (20.7) |
| 41-50 | 35 (30.2) |
| 51-60 | 26 (22.4) |
| 61-70 | 21 (18.1) |
| 70+ | 8 (6.9) |
| Years in medical practice | |
| 0-10 | 10 (8.6) |
| 11-20 | 49 (42.2) |
| 21-30 | 29 (25.0) |
| 31-40 | 15 (12.9) |
| 40+ | 13 (11.2) |
| Specialization* | |
| Endocrinology | 106 (91.4) |
| Internal medicine | 86 (74.1) |
| Other | 4 (3.4) |
| Society mebership* | |
| SEF | 116 (100) |
| ETA | 10 (8.6) |
| ATA | 1 (0.9) |
| Additional national scientific societies | 80 (69.0) |
| Place of practice* | |
| University centre | 55 (47.4) |
| Regional hospital | 58 (50.0) |
| Private clinic | 4 (3.4) |
| General practice | 1 (0.9) |
| Specialist practice | 9 (7.8) |
| Clinically active | |
| Yes | 109 (94.0) |
| No | 7 (6.0) |
| Management of patients with thyroid disease | |
| Daily | 57 (49.1) |
| Weekly | 49 (42.2) |
| Rarely | 10 (8.6) |
| Management of patients with hypothyroidism | |
| >100 patients/year | 18 (15.5) |
| 51-100 patients/year | 34 (29.3) |
| 10-50 patients/year | 57 (49.1) |
| Rarely | 7 (6.0) |
SEF, Swedish Endocrine Society; ETA, European Thyroid Association; ATA, American Thyroid Association.
*Total is >100% as responders were allowed to tick more than one options in the questionnaire.