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Table 2 Survey participant characteristics and diabetic foot infection-related caseload

From: Managing diabetic foot infections: a survey of Australasian infectious diseases clinicians

 

Physicians

Trainees

No. Responses (% unless otherwise stated)

No. of respondents who answered the question

No. Responses (% unless otherwise stated)

No. of respondents who answered the question

Total number

103 (70%)

103

39 (30%)

39

Location

Australia

77 (87%)

89

29 (94%)

31

 Metropolitan (capital)

62 (81%)

77

21 (72%)

29

 Urban (> 100,000)

13 (17%)

77

8 (28%)

29

 Rural (< 100,000)

2 (3%)

77

  

New Zealand

14 (13%)

89

2 (6%)

31

 Metropolitan

4 (29%)

14

1 (50%)

2

 Urban

9 (64%)

14

1 (50%)

2

 Rural

1 (7%)

14

  

Years of experience (median, IQR)

7 [3, 15]

103

  

Year of training (median, IQR)

  

2 [1,3]

39

No of ID consultations per week

 Inpatient (median, IQR)

11 [6, 16]

89

21 [16.5, 30]

31

 Outpatient (median, IQR)

9 [6, 16]

89

9 [6, 11]

31

No of DFI consultations per week

 Inpatient (median, IQR)

3 [2, 4]

89

5 [4, 6]

31

 Outpatient (median, IQR)

2 [1, 4]

89

2 [2, 3]

31