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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the physicians

From: Quality of life assessment in preterm children: physicians’ knowledge, attitude, belief, practice - a KABP study

Population

1st round of questioning

2nd round of questioning

n (%)*

n (%)*

Male gender

48 (61.5)

36 (61.0)

Experience

  

Senior

72 (92.3)

56 (95.0)

Junior

6 (7.7)

3 (5.0)

Specialties

  

Obstetrics

19 (24.4)

10 (17.0)

Neonatal medicine

45 (57.7)

36 (61.0)

Paediatric neurology

14 (17.9)

13 (22.0)

Type of practice with EP Children

  

Perinatal period only

19 (24.4)

10 (16.9)

Overall management**

34 (43.6)

27 (45.8)

Other

25 (32.0)

22 (37.3)

Practice of long-term follow-up **

25 (32.0)

22 (37.3)

Experience with EP Children

  

≤ 10 years

24 (30.8)

19 (32.2)

> 10 years

54 (69.2)

40 (67.8)

  1. * The% is expressed as the percentage of respondents to the question.
  2. ** Overall management is defined as perinatal and short-term management (during hospitalization) and long-term management (follow-up beyond the age of 4 years).
  3. EP Children, extremely preterm children.