Table 1 Participants’ characteristics
Doctors | Nurses/Midwives | Overall sample | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Gender | ||||||
Men | 258 | 44.9 | 19 | 5.6 | 277 | 30.2 |
Women | 317 | 55.1 | 322 | 94.4 | 639 | 69.8 |
Age group | ||||||
< 34 years old | 176 | 30.3 | 91 | 26.7 | 267 | 29.0 |
35–44 | 150 | 25.8 | 108 | 31.7 | 258 | 28.0 |
45–54 | 117 | 20.1 | 88 | 25.8 | 205 | 22.2 |
55 + years old | 138 | 23.8 | 54 | 15.8 | 192 | 20.8 |
Country of practice | ||||||
Germany | 176 | 30.3 | 78 | 22.9 | 254 | 27.6 |
Italy | 139 | 23.9 | 31 | 9.1 | 170 | 18.4 |
UK, Portugal, France* | 100 | 17.2 | 168 | 49.3 | 268 | 29.1 |
Other | 166 | 28.6 | 64 | 18.8 | 230 | 25.0 |
Years of experience | ||||||
0 to 9 | 203 | 36.8 | 95 | 28.7 | 298 | 33.8 |
10 to 29 | 239 | 43.3 | 173 | 52.3 | 412 | 46.7 |
30+ | 110 | 19.9 | 63 | 19.0 | 173 | 19.6 |
Highest degree | ||||||
High school diploma | na | na | 39 | 11.6 | 39 | 4.4 |
Vocational training | na | na | 50 | 14.9 | 50 | 5.6 |
Bachelor/undergraduate | na | na | 75 | 22.3 | 75 | 8.4 |
Master/postgraduate | 175 | 31.5 | 161 | 47.9 | 336 | 37.7 |
Specialised doctor/PhD | 381 | 68.5 | 11 | 3.3 | 392 | 44.0 |
Work in the field of STIs | ||||||
No | 516 | 88.8 | 331 | 97.1 | 847 | 91.9 |
Yes | 65 | 11.2 | 10 | 2.9 | 75 | 8.1 |
Work with travellers/migrant populations | ||||||
No | 456 | 78.5 | 322 | 94.4 | 809 | 84.4 |
Yes | 125 | 21.5 | 19 | 5.6 | 113 | 15.6 |
Workplace | ||||||
Research/University hospital | 249 | 43.2 | 46 | 13.6 | 295 | 32.2 |
Non-university hospital | 132 | 22.9 | 45 | 13.3 | 177 | 19.3 |
Outpatient/medical practice | 176 | 30.5 | 227 | 67.0 | 403 | 44.0 |
Other | 20 | 3.5 | 21 | 6.2 | 41 | 4.5 |
Specialization | ||||||
None | 28 | 4.8 | na | na | na | na |
Occupational medicine | 30 | 5.2 | na | na | na | na |
Urology | 31 | 5.3 | na | na | na | na |
Gynaecology | 91 | 15.7 | na | na | na | na |
Internal medicine | 67 | 11.5 | na | na | na | na |
Infectiology/travel/tropical | 212 | 36.5 | na | na | na | na |
Family/General medicine | 122 | 21.0 | na | na | na | na |
Specialization | ||||||
Gynaecology/maternal health | na | na | 240 | 70.4 | na | na |
Other | na | na | 101 | 29.6 | na | na |