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Table 2 Respondent demographics–self reported

From: Are surgeons and anesthesiologists lying to each other or gaming the system? A national random sample survey about “truth-telling practices” in the perioperative setting in the United States

 

Anesthesiologist

Surgeon

 

N = 128

N = 124

p value

Age, mean (95 % CI)

50.95 (49.47–52.43)

52.51 (50.62–54.39)

0.2003

Male sex

98 (77 %)

103 (83 %)

0.424

Years of practice, mean (95 % CI)

19.12 (17.62–20.62)

20.76 (18.80–22.72)

0.1881

English first language

110 (86 %)

116 (94 %)

0.059

Hospital type

 Academic <500 beds

18 (14 %)

16 (14 %)

0.486

 Academic >=500 beds

25 (20 %)

15 (13 %)

 

 Non-academic <500 beds

71 (56 %)

75 (63 %)

 

 Non-academic > =500 beds

14 (11 %)

13 (11 %)

 

Religious

 Very

11 (9 %)

21 (13 %)

0.084

 Moderately

40 (31 %)

42 (33 %)

 

 Slightly

44 (34 %)

28 (29 %)

 

 Not

33 (26 %)

31 (26 %)