Demographics of respondents from EULAR countries (n=1286)
Number of responses | Percentage of responses | ||
Professional background | Rheumatologist (or other specialist primarily managing patients with inflammatory RMDs) | 966 | 75.1 |
Rheumatologist in training | 145 | 11.3 | |
Healthcare professional in rheumatology | 163 | 12.7 | |
Other* | 12 | 0.9 | |
Primary affiliation | University hospital Community based hospital Private practice Other | 648 375 231 32 | 50.4 29.2 18.0 2.5 |
Responses according to countries | Romania Italy Netherlands Germany France Spain Denmark Austria UK Greece Switzerland Portugal Croatia Turkey Sweden Ireland Finland Norway Hungary Slovenia Belgium Albania Georgia Israel Lebanon Cyprus Czech Republic Latvia Montenegro Russian Federation Bulgaria Serbia Belarus San Marino North Macedonia | 143 121 114 110 109 80 78 76 70 69 55 46 36 33 31 19 17 15 13 8 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 | 11.1 9.4 8.9 8.6 8.5 6.2 6.1 5.9 5.5 5.4 4.3 3.6 2.8 2.6 2.4 1.5 1.3 1.2 1.0 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 |
Age ranges | <30 30–39 40–49 50–59 60–69 ≥70 | 4.7% 24.9% 29.5% 26.2% 12.8% 2.0% | |
Gender | Male Female Other | 475 807 2 | 37.0 62.9 0.2 |
Number of patients with inflammatory RMDs normally seen in a week by the respondent | <30 30–59 60–99 ≥100 | 449 552 192 84 | 35.2 43.2 15.0 6.5 |
*Specialists in rehabilitation, physicians primarily working for pharma or health insurance, specialist in nuclear medicine, dermatologist, nephrologists, internists, retired rheumatologists.
RMD, rheumatic and musculoskeletal disease.