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Table 1 Characteristics of respondents, sample, and all german diabetologists

From: Accuracy of responses from postal surveys about continuing medical education and information behavior: experiences from a survey among German diabetologists

 

Respondents (%; 95% CI)

Sample (%)

Diabetologists* (%)

Sex

   

Female

65/239 (27; 22–33)

149/461 (32)

-

Male

174/239 (73; 67–78)

312/461 (68)

-

Work place

   

Practice

102/239 (43; 36–49)

196/461 (43)

666/1885 (40)

Hospital

109/239 (47; 39–52)

232/461 (50)

1009/1885 (60)†

University hospital

23/239 (10; 6–14)

33/461 (7)

 

Other

5/239 (2; 1–5)

0/461 (0)

0/1885 (0)

Size of the city (work place)

   

<20,000

49/239 (21; 16–26)

115/461 (25)

-

20,000–100,000

92/239 (38; 32–45)

135/461 (29)

-

100,000–250,000

39/239 (16; 12–22)

80/461 (17)

-

>250,000

59/239 (25; 19–31)

131/461 (28)

-

Zip code ‡

   

1

72/237 (30; 25–37)

139/461 (30)

-

2

68/237 (29; 23–35)

137/461 (30)

-

3

97/237 (41; 35–48)

185/461 (40)

-

Specialty

   

Internal medicine

193/239 (81; 75–85)

-

1293/1885 (77)

Family medicine

20/239 (8; 5–13)

-

250/1885 (15)

Pediatrics

25/239 (10; 7–15)

-

112/1885 (7)

Other

1/239 (0; 0–2)

-

20/1885 (1)

  1. * Data from Willms (2000): Ausschuβ Diabetologe DDG: Jahresbericht 1999. URL: http://www.deutsche-diabetes-gesellschaft.de/frames/frame2.htm (accessed 10/9/2000) † Hospital and University hospital summed up ‡ Two questionnaires returned without code-number