Characteristic | Category | Respondents, n (%) |
Gender | Male | 152 (42.3) |
Female | 207 (57.7) | |
Professional practice area | Medical oncology | 34 (9.5) |
Surgical oncology | 27 (7.5) | |
ICU | 18 (5.0) | |
Respiratory medicine | 30 (8.4) | |
Endocrinology and metabolism | 28 (7.8) | |
Stomatology | 20 (5.6) | |
Emergency | 29 (8.1) | |
General surgery | 29 (8.1) | |
Gastrology | 11 (3.1) | |
Rehabilitation | 8 (0.2) | |
Haematology | 41 (11.4) | |
Paediatrics | 20 (5.6) | |
Paediatric surgery | 16 (4.5) | |
Nephrology | 9 (2.5) | |
Urinary surgery | 25 (25) | |
Obstetrics and gynaecology | 14 (7.0) | |
Years of practice | 5–9 years | 132 (36.8) |
10–15 years | 101 (28.1) | |
>15 years | 126 (35.1) | |
Education background | PhD | 84 (23.4) |
Master | 202 (56.3) | |
Bachelor | 73 (20.3) | |
Professional title | Chief physician or professor of medicine | 55 (15.3) |
Associate senior doctor or associate chief physician or associate professor | 71 (19.8) | |
Intermediate | 102 (28.4) | |
Primary | 131 (36.5) | |
City | Beijing | 38 (10.6) |
Tianjin | 34 (9.5) | |
Zhengzhou | 35 (9.7) | |
Chengdu | 37 (10.3) | |
Shanghai | 27 (7.5) | |
Wuhan | 40 (11.1) | |
Guangdong | 31 (8.6) | |
Shijiazhuang | 40 (11.1) | |
Xinjiang | 30 (8.4) | |
Changsha | 29 (8.1) | |
Lanzhou | 18 (5.0) | |
Self-reported guideline adherence | Very high | 42 (11.7) |
High | 119 (33.1) | |
Moderate | 131 (36.5) | |
Low | 50 (13.9) | |
Very low | 17 (4.7) |
ICU, intensive care unit.