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Table 1 Responses by age, sex, continents, job title and years of experience for Rounds 1 and 2

From: Differences in opinions of occupational physicians on the required competencies by field of practice: results of an international Delphi study

Job Title

Physician

Manager/Physician

Academic/Physician

Trainee

Round 1

Round 2

Round 1

Round 2

Round 1

Round 2

Round 1

Round 2

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Total

228 (68.7)

165 (71.1)

60 (18.1)

43 (18.5)

39 (11.7)

23 (9.9)

5 (1.5%)

1

Age range

25–34

8 (3.0)

3 (2.0)

1 (2)

1 (2)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (20)

0 (0)

35–44

43 (19)

39 (24)

8 (13)

7 (16)

1 (3)

1 (5)

3 (60)

0 (0)

45–54

79 (35)

50 (30)

20 (33)

12 (28)

15 (38)

9 (41)

1 (20)

1 (100)

55–64

72 (32)

59 (36)

28 (47)

21 (49)

16 (41)

9 (41)

0 (0)

0 (0)

65–74

24 (11)

14 (8.0)

3 (5)

2 (5)

7 (18)

3 (14)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Total

226

165

60

43

39

22

5

1

Sex

Male

144 (64)

101 (62)

38 (63)

34 (79)

26 (67)

15 (65)

2 (40)

0 (0)

Female

82 (36)

63 (38)

22 (37)

9 (21)

13 (33)

8 (35)

3 (60)

1 (100)

Total

226

164

60

43

39

23

5

1

Practice area (overlap n)

Healthcare

104 (35)

81 (37)

20 (27)

21 (39)

9 (19)

4 (13)

2 (25)

0 (0)

Industry

108 (36)

70 (32)

34 (47)

21 (39)

3 (6)

1 (3)

4 (50)

0 (0)

Academic

38 (13)

28 (13)

8 (11)

7 (13)

31 (66)

21 (70)

1 (12.5)

0 (0)

Other

49 (16)

41 (19)

11 (15)

5 (9)

4 (9)

4 (13)

1 (12.5)

1 (100)

Total

299

220

73

54

47

30

8

1

Years of experience (years)

Mean ± SD (min-max)

Mean ± SD (min-max)

Mean ± SD (min-max)

Mean ± SD (min-max)

Mean ± SD (min-max)

Mean ± SD (min-max)

Mean ± SD (min-max)

Mean ± SD (min-max)

 

18.74 ± 9.98 (1–45)

19.94 ± 10.07 (0–40)

21.29 ± 9.03 (5–50)

22.37 ± 10.44 (4–45)

25.23 ± 9.30 (5–45)

26.22 ± 11.12 (2–44)

6.20 ± 5.50 (2–15)

20 (only 1 trainee)