Table 1 Characteristics of participants who completed the survey
Characteristic | All respondents n = 798 |
|---|---|
Continent, n (%) | |
Europe | 653 (81.8) |
Americas | 33 (4.1) |
Eastern Mediterranean | 28 (3.5) |
Western Pacific | 27 (3.4) |
South-East Asia | 19 (2.4) |
Africa | 4 (0.5) |
Not informed | 34 (4.3) |
Board certification, n (%) | |
Yes | 770 (96.5) |
No | 28 (3.5) |
Not informed | 0 (0.0) |
Field of board certification, n (%) (multiple answers allowed) | |
Anaesthesiology | 795 (99.6) |
Intensive Care Medicine | 384 (48.1) |
Critical Emergency Medicine | 123 (15.4) |
Pain Therapy | 79 (9.9) |
Paediatrics | 18 (2.3) |
Neonatology | 10 (1.3) |
Internal Medicine - Pneumology | 5 (0.6) |
Internal Medicine - Cardiology | 4 (0.5) |
Other | 22 (2.8) |
Not informed | 0 (0.0) |
Field of primary clinical activity, n (%) | |
General anaesthesiology | 529 (66.3) |
Cardiac anaesthesiology | 57 (7.1) |
Paediatric/neonatal anaesthesiology | 48 (6.0) |
Surgical intensive care medicine | 41 (5.1) |
Medical intensive care medicine | 33 (4.1) |
Cardio-thoracic intensive care medicine | 11 (1.4) |
Emergency medicine | 9 (1.1) |
Critical emergency medicine | 6 (0.8) |
Pain therapy | 4 (0.5) |
Neonatal/paediatric intensive care medicine | 2 (0.3) |
Other | 40 (5.0) |
Not informed | 18 (2.3) |
Type of primary institution, n (%) | |
University hospital | 379 (47.5) |
General hospital | 122 (14.1) |
Private hospital | 120 (13.9) |
Tertiary care hospital (neither university hospital nor heart centre) | 106 (12.2) |
Secondary care hospital | 68 (7.9) |
Heart centre | 38 (4.4) |
Private practice hospital | 25 (2.9) |
Other | 8 (0.9) |
Not informed | 0 (0.0) |
Total number of beds, n (%) | |
≥ 500 | 383 (47.9) |
100 to 499 | 334 (41.9) |
< 100 | 63 (7.9) |
Not informed | 18 (2.3) |
Total number of operation rooms, n (%) | |
< 20 | 261 (32.7) |
20 to 40 | 180 (22.6) |
≥ 40 | 79 (9.9) |
Not informed | 278 (34.8) |