Table 1 Descriptive statistics about participants
Item | Number of responses | % of total responses |
|---|---|---|
Participants | 450 | 100.00 |
Males | 356 | 79.11 |
Females | 89 | 19.78 |
Prefer not to answer | 5 | 1.11 |
Kind of Institution | 450 | 100.00 |
Academic | 339 | 75.33 |
Non-academic | 111 | 24.67 |
Role/position | 450 | 100.00 |
Senior Consultant | 180 | 40.00 |
Board-certified surgeon | 123 | 27.33 |
Division Chief or Head | 74 | 16.44 |
Resident | 73 | 16.22 |
Part of an emergency surgery team | 450 | 100.00 |
Yes | 385 | 85.56 |
No | 65 | 14.44 |
Number of represented countries | 55 | |
Ten most represented countries | ||
Italy | 145 | 32.22 |
Greece | 51 | 11.33 |
United Kingdom | 36 | 8.00 |
Spain | 23 | 5.11 |
Malaysia | 17 | 3.78 |
Turkey | 15 | 3.33 |
United States | 11 | 2.44 |
Brazil | 8 | 1.78 |
Bulgaria | 8 | 1.78 |
Romania | 8 | 1.78 |
Participants from the ten most represented countries | 322 | 71.56 |
Mean | Standard deviation | |
Years of experience | 14.82 | 9.4 |
Minimum | 1 | |
Maximum | 36 |