Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the questionnaire respondents

Variable	Respondents (n = 545)
Age (years)	43 ± 10
Years of experience, n (%)
Resident, 1st year	8 (1%)
Resident, 2nd–3rd year	29 (5%)
Resident, 4th–5th year	43 (8%)
Attending, 1–10 years experience	185 (34%)
Attending, 11–20 years experience	180 (33%)
Attending, 21–30 years experience	63 (12%)
Attending, 31–40 years experience	31 (6%)
Attending, > 40 years experience	4 (1%)
Geographical area, n (%)
Northern Italy	310 (57%)
Central Italy	130 (24%)
Southern Italy	103 (19%)
Type of hospital, n (%)
General hospital	286 (53%)
Teaching hospital	173 (32%)
Private research hospital	24 (4%)
Public research hospital	23 (4%)
Religious hospital	11 (2%)
University-owned hospital	5 (1%)
Other	21 (4%)
Type of ICU, n (%)
General ICU	362 (67%)
COVID-19 cohort ICU	107 (20%)
Post-operative ICU	28 (5%)
Cardiac ICU	31 (6%)
Neuro ICU	11 (2%)
Pediatric ICU	4 (1%)