Table 1 Demographic data of participants (N = 340)
Participants | n (%) |
|---|---|
Job roles | |
General paediatrician | 177 (52.1) |
Adult rheumatologist | 63 (18.5) |
Paediatric rheumatologist | 51 (15) |
Other specialista | 38 (11.2) |
General physician | 5 (1.5) |
Otherb | 5 (1.5) |
Unidentified | 1 (0.3) |
Practice settings | |
Public clinical practice | 141 (41.5) |
Academic centre/ teaching hospital | 132 (38.8) |
Private clinical practice | 97 (28.5) |
Mix of government funded and private practice | 10 (2.9) |
Practice durations, years | |
Less than 5 | 55 (16.2) |
5–10 | 93 (27.4) |
10–15 | 65 (19.2) |
15–20 | 67 (19.8) |
20–30 | 46 (13.6) |
30–40 | 8 (2.4) |
More than 40 | 5 (1.5) |
Time devoted to paediatric rheumatology patient care | |
Less than 25% | 195 (59.1) |
26–50% | 35 (10.6) |
51–75% | 7 (2.1) |
More than 75% | 33 (10) |
Unidentified | 60 (18.2) |