Table 1.
Baseline demographic characteristics of the health care professionals surveyed
| Variables | Results |
|---|---|
| Female gender | 451 (61.3) |
| Age (years) | 40.5 ± 8.9 |
| Profession | |
| Physician | 446 (60.6) |
| Nurse | 158 (21.5) |
| Physiotherapist | 132 (17.9) |
| Graduation year | |
| Before 1980 | 12 (1.6) |
| 1980 - 1990 | 61 (8.3) |
| 1990 - 2000 | 117 (15.9) |
| 2000 - 2010 | 297 (40.4) |
| After 2010 | 249 (33.8) |
| Distribution by organ procurement region | |
| Pampeana | 381 (51.8) |
| City of Buenos Aires | 224 |
| Province of Buenos Aires | 147 |
| La Pampa | 10 |
| Center | 76 (10.3) |
| Catamarca | 4 |
| Córdoba | 64 |
| La Rioja | 4 |
| Santiago del Estero | 4 |
| Variables | Results |
| Cuyo | 54 (7.3) |
| Mendoza | 24 |
| San Juan | 16 |
| San Luis | 14 |
| North Patagonia | 53 (7.2) |
| Neuquén | 31 |
| Río Negro | 22 |
| Noroeste | 50 (6.8) |
| Jujuy | 13 |
| Salta | 8 |
| Tucumán | 29 |
| Litoral 2 | 46 (6.3) |
| Entre Ríos | 12 |
| Santa Fe | 34 |
| Litoral 1 | 40 (5.4) |
| Corrientes | 9 |
| Chaco | 14 |
| Formosa | 9 |
| Misiones | 8 |
| South Patagonia | 36 (4.9) |
| Chubut | 20 |
| Santa Cruz | 7 |
| Tierra del Fuego | 9 |
| Workplace | 485 (65.9) |
| Adult intensive care unit | |
| Pediatric intensive care unit | 119 (16.2) |
| Neonatal intensive care unit | 29 (3.9) |
| Emergency room | 43 (5.8) |
| Operating room | 11 (1.5) |
| Other | 49 (6.7) |
| Kind of institution | |
| Public | 439 (59.7) |
| Private | 297 (40.3) |
Results expressed as n (%) or mean ± standard deviation.