Table 1.

Characteristics of respondents, stratified according to whether practice includes people with multiple sclerosis.

	Practice includes MS
Characteristic	No	Yes	P-value*
	(N = 13)	(N = 85)
Age (yrs), mean (SD)	51.4 (13.8)	47.6 (11.4)	0.28
Gender, n (%)
Male	6 (46.2)	34 (40.0)	0.86
Female	7 (53.8)	50 (58.8)
Prefer not to answer	0 (0)	1 (1.2)
Discipline, n (%)
Neurologist	12 (92.31)	57 (67.06)	0.76
Physiatrist	0 (0)	2 (2.35)
MS nurse	0 (0)	7 (8.24)
Nurse practitioner	0 (0)	4 (4.71)
Physician assistant	0 (0)	1 (1.18)
Physiotherapist	0 (0)	3 (3.53)
Occupational therapist	0 (0)	3 (3.53)
Social worker	0 (0)	3 (3.53)
Psychologist	0 (0)	1 (1.18)
Neuropsychiatrist	0 (0)	2 (2.35)
Neuropsychologist	0 (0)	1(1.18)
Other (MS educator, administrator)	1 (7.69)	1 (1.18)
Particular interest in MS, n (%)	3 (23.08)	78 (91.76)	<0.001
Fellowship Training in MS, n (%)	-	39 (50.0)	0.089
No. years following training involved in MS Care, median (p25–p75)		13 (5–20)
Province, n (%)
British Columbia	–	12 (14.29)
Alberta		14 (16.67)
Saskatchewan		4 (4.76)
Manitoba		21 (25.0)
Ontario		22 (26.19)
Quebec		6 (7.14)
New Brunswick		2 (2.38)
Nova Scotia		3 (3.57)
Work settingb, n (%)
General hospital		19 (22.9)
University hospital		57 (68.7)
Solo private practice		4 (4.8)
Group private practice		3 (3.6)
Work in formally labeled MS Clinica, n (%)		63 (5.0)
Age of MS population treated, n (%)
Adults	–	5 (89.29)
Children (≤16 years)	–	2 (32.14)
Percentage of clinical work that concerns MS, median (p25–p5)		0 (30–90)
No. MS patients per week, median (p25–p5)		20 (6–30)
No. MS patients in practice, median (p25–p5)		400 (50–950)

^amissing;

^bindicated other but did not specify. Bold indicates statistical significance.

^*Comparing No vs. Yes.