Study | Participant’s Specialty (N) | Gender M/F | Years of Practice (N) | Practice Setting | Country |
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Morgan et al. 2006 [25] | Gynecologists (397) | 125/92 | NA | Obstetrics-gynaecology partnership or group (44.2%) Solo practice (27%) Multispecialty group (14.9%) University full-time faculty and practice (10.7%) Health maintenance organisation (3.3%) | US |
Anderson et al. 2009 [28] | Gynecologists (251) | 143/108 | Mean (SD): 22 (11) | Private practice (178) Community hospital (25) University hospital (30) Other (16) | US |
Wang et al. 2009 [27] | Ophthalmology trainees (122): 1st year residents (32) 2nd year residents (44) 3rd year residents (28) Fellows (17) Unknown (1) | NA | NA | NA | US |
Misra et al. 2010 [24] | Psychiatry trainees (17): Residents (12) Fellow trainee (5) Psychiatry faculty (58): Assistant professor (21) Associate professor (6) Professors (13) | NA | NA | Academic medical centre | US |
Fischer et al. 2009 [34] | Internal medicine (29) Family medicine (17) Pediatric medicine (2) Geriatric medicine (3) | 23/38 | 15 | Academic affiliation (21) Community-based practice (24) Academic affiliation & community-based practice (8) Other (8) | US |
Brett et al. 2003 [23] | Residents (39) Faculty physicians (37) | 49/27 | NA | Medical school | US |
Sarikaya et al. 2009 [32] | Medical students 2nd year students (280) 3rd year medical students (308) | 168/140 | NA | Marmara University School of Medicine (MUSM) Ege University School of Medicine (EUSM) | Turkey |
Saito et al. 2010 [26] | Internal medicine (214) General surgery (181) Orthopedic surgery (177) Pediatrics (221) Obstetrics (210) Psychiatry (197) Ophthalmology (209) | 1084/326 | <10 (339) 11–20 (488) 21–30 (428) >31 (155) | Office (822) Hospital (588) | Japan |
Roy et al. 2003 | Senior executives in drug companies (15) PRs (36) Physicians (25) Chemists (25) | India | |||
Alssageer et al. 2013 [31] | General Practitioner (GP) (274) Surgeon (99) Resident MO (41) Anesthesiologist (61) Specialist (91) Others (42) | 371/237 | 1-3 (288) 4–6 (82) 7–9 (45) >10 (193) | Public (512) Private (34) Both (62) | Libya |
Alssageer et al. 2012 [22] | GP (274) Surgeon (99) Resident MO (41) Anesthesiologist (61) Specialist (91) Others (42) | 371/237 | 1-3 (288) 4–6 (82) 7–9 (45) >10 (193) | Public (512) Private (34) Both (62) | Libya |
Prosser et al. 2003 [33] | GP (107) | 76/31 | <10 (6) 11–20 (55) >20 (46) | Health authorities in the North West of England (107) | UK |
Al-Areef et al. 2013 [21] | Physicians (32) (interns, GPs/medical officers, residents and specialists) | 4/28 | NA | NA | Yemen |
Lieb et al. 2010 [29] | Neurologists/psychiatrists (83) Primary care physicians (76) cardiologist (49) | 104/98 Unknown gender (6) | NA | NA | Germany |
De Ferrari et al. 2014 [9] | Internal medicine (59) General surgery (32) Pediatrics (28) Anesthesiologist (13) Obstetrics (16) | 96/52 | NA | Peruvian public general hospital. | Peru |