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. 2022 Sep 29;14(3):956–969. doi: 10.1177/21925682221131540

Table 2.

Practice Demographics.

2020 Survey # % 2021 Survey # % P-Value
Specialty Specialty
 Orthopaedics 637 70.6  Orthopaedics 172 62.5 .011
 Neurosurgery 246 27.3  Neurosurgery 93 33.8 <.05
 Trauma 104 11.5  Trauma 30 10.9 .777
 Pediatric surgery 17 1.9  Pediatric surgery 2 0.7 .289
 Other 35 3.9  Other 4 1.5 .076
Fellowship trained Fellowship trained
 Yes 645 71.5  Yes 179 65.1 <.02
 No 257 28.5  No 93 33.8 .091
Years since training completion Years since training completion
 Less than 5 Years 161 25.3  Less than 5 Years 43 15.6 .396
 5 to 10 Years 141 22.2  5 to 10 Years 46 16.7 .664
 10 to 15 Years 104 16.4  10 to 15 Years 31 11.3 .907
 15 to 20 Years 117 18.4  15 to 20 Years 27 9.8 .162
 Over 20 Years 113 17.8  Over 20 Years 38 13.8 .575
  Practice type Practice type
 Academic/Private combined 204 22.9  Academic/Private combined 71 25.8 .272
 Academic 405 45.4  Academic 114 41.5 .314
 Private 144 16.1  Private 37 13.5 .312
 Public/Local hospital 139 15.6  Public/Local hospital 49 17.8 .255
Practice breakdown (%) Practice breakdown (%)
 Research  Research
  0-25 731 81.9   0-25 221 80.4 .802
  26-50 129 14.5   26-50 36 13.1 .613
  51-75 21 2.4   51-75 9 3.3 .515
  76-100 12 1.3   76-100 5 1.8 .760
 Clinical  Clinical
  0-25 22 2.5   0-25 17 6.2 <.003
  26-50 87 9.7   26-50 37 13.5 .072
  51-75 194 21.7   51-75 56 20.4 .685
  76-100 590 66.1   76-100 161 58.5 .038
 Teaching  Teaching
  0-25 668 74.9   0-25 187 68.0 .05
  26-50 152 17.0   26-50 57 20.7 .141
  51-75 50 5.6   51-75 15 5.5 .925
  76-100 22 2.5   76-100 13 4.7 .220
Total respondents 902 100 Total respondents 275 100

Calculation of P-values was performed using chi-square, Fisher's exact test, and ANOVA.

Bolded values indicate statistical significance at P < .05.

# = number of respondents/votes, % = percent, ± SD = standard deviation.