Table 1 Personal background of population study (N = 79)
From: Physicians’ lack of knowledge - a possible reason for red blood cell transfusion overuse?
Demographic characteristic | Number of responses | |
|---|---|---|
Gender | Male | 60 (75.9%) |
Female | 18 (22.7%) | |
NA | 1 (1.2%) | |
Age range (years) | Mean ± SD | 39.9 ± 10.4 |
Range | 26–66 | |
25–34 | 33 (41.7%) | |
35–44 | 17 (21.5%) | |
45+ | 25 (31.6%) | |
NA | 4 (5.0%) | |
Professional status | Senior physician | 32 (40.5%) |
Resident | 47 (59.5%) | |
Seniority (years) | Mean ± SD | 12.8 ± 10.93 |
Median | 9.0 | |
Range | 0.25–40.0 | |
Medical specialty | Internal medicine | 34 (43.0%) |
Surgery | 44 (55.7%) | |
NA | 1 (1.2%) | |
Place of graduation | Israel | 19 (24.0%) |
Other country | 47 (59.5%) | |
NA | 13 (16.5%) | |