Table 1 Respondents’ characteristics
Number | Percentage of all respondents | |
|---|---|---|
Gender | ||
Female | 112 | 71.3% |
Male | 45 | 28.7% |
Age | ||
20–30 | 0 | 0% |
31–40 | 24 | 15.3% |
41–50 | 73 | 46.5% |
51–60 | 32 | 20.4% |
61–70 | 18 | 11.5% |
> 70 | 10 | 6.4% |
Years in clinical practice | ||
0–10 | 13 | 8.3% |
11–20 | 45 | 28.7% |
21–30 | 56 | 35.7% |
31–40 | 28 | 17.8% |
> 40 | 15 | 9.5% |
Specialty* | ||
Endocrinology | 147 | 93.6% |
Internal medicine | 83 | 52.9% |
Paediatric endocrinology | 23 | 14.6% |
Family medicine | 6 | 3.8% |
Nuclear medicine | 3 | 1.9% |
Other | 18 | 11.5% |
More than one | 105 | 66.9% |
Type of practice* | ||
University centre | 40 | 25.5% |
Regional hospital | 33 | 21.0% |
Private clinic | 0 | 0% |
General practice | 8 | 5.1% |
Basic researcher | 2 | 1.3% |
Specialist practice | 116 | 73.9% |
More than one | 37 | 23.6% |
Treating thyroid patients | ||
Daily | 128 | 81.5% |
Weekly | 28 | 17.8% |
Rarely | 1 | 0.6% |
Number of treated patients | ||
> 100 patients/year | 126 | 80.2% |
51–100 patients/year | 24 | 15.3% |
10–50 patients/year | 7 | 4.5% |