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Table 1 Characteristics of rheumatologists who completed the survey

From: Management of Inflammatory Arthritis in pregnancy: a National Cross-Sectional Survey of Canadian rheumatologists

Characteristics

N (%)a

Sex (n = 87)

 Female

50 (58)

 Male

37 (43)

Province (n = 87)

 Ontario

27 (31)

 Alberta

21 (24)

 Quebec

14 (16)

 British Columbia

11 (13)

 Nova Scotia

4 (5)

 Saskatchewan

3 (3)

 Manitoba

3 (3)

 New Brunswick

3 (3)

 Newfoundland/Labrador

1 (1)

Practice setting (n = 88)

 Academic/teaching hospital

61 (69)

 Group community practice

13 (15)

 Solo community practice

9 (10)

 Other, specifyb

5 (6)

Percent of time spent seeing patients (n = 87)

  < 25%

11 (13)

 25 to 50%

15 (17)

 51 to 75%

24 (28)

  > 75%

37 (43)

Years spent practicing rheumatology (n = 87)

 Currently in training

10 (11)

 5 years or less

17 (19)

 6 to 10 years

11 (13)

 11 to 20 years

17 (20)

  > 20 years

32 (37)

Proportion of patients with inflammatory arthritis (n = 86)

  < 25%

2 (2)

 25 to 50%

15 (17)

 51 to 75%

49 (57)

  > 75%

20 (23)

Proportion of inflammatory arthritis patients that are women of childbearing age (n = 87)

 0

0 (0)

 1 to 25%

43 (49)

 26 to 50%

37 (43)

 51 to 75%

5 (6)

  > 75%

2 (2)

Refer pregnant inflammatory arthritis patients or those considering pregnancy to an “expert” colleague (n = 87)

 Yes

33 (38)

 No

54 (62)

Follow inflammatory arthritis patients during pregnancy (n = 87)

 Yes

76 (87)

 No

11 (12)

  1. a % calculated on completed responses; b Others included: rheumatology trainee, not practicing, community with academic and research ‘agenda’, subspecialized academic clinic, and mixed academic/solo community practice