Table 1 Description of study respondents (n = 261)

Gender (female)

211 (82.4 %)

Answered SAQ before

Hospitals

 Yes

11 (4.2 %)

 G. Fracastoro

168 (64.4 %)

 No

238 (91.9 %)

 Teaching hospitals

93 (35.6 %)

 Don’t know

10 (3.9 %)

Department

Working experience

 Geriatrics

69 (26.4 %)

 6 months

5 (2.0 %)

 Obstetrics

48 (18.4 %)

 6 to 11 months

10 (3.9 %)

 Internal Medicine

57 (21.8 %)

 1–2 years

22 (8.6 %)

 Surgery

87 (33.4 %)

 3–4 years

30 (11.8 %)

Position

 5–10 years

36 (14.1 %)

 Doctor

57 (21.8 %)

 11–20 years

75 (29.4 %)

 Chief nurse

6 (2.3 %)

 More than 20 years

77 (30.2 %)

 Nurse

134 (51.3 %)

 Clinical support

44 (16.9 %)

 Others

19 (7.3 %)

 Missing

1 (0.4 %)