Table 1 Characteristics of survey respondents (n = 373)
From: Survey of knowledge for diagnosing and managing prediabetes in Latin-America: cross-sectional study
| Provider characteristics | N (%) |
|---|---|
| Specialty | |
| General medicine | 189 (60.2) |
| Specialty medicine | 107 (34.1) |
| Internal medicine | 87 |
| Family medicine | 11 |
| Other specialties | 9 |
| Others | 18 (5.7) |
| Provider type | |
| Physicians | 296 (94.3) |
| Nurse | 12 (3.8) |
| Nutritionist | 5 (1.6) |
| Physical conditioner | 1 (0.3) |
| Number of years since completing traininga | |
| < 5 years | 112 (42.4) |
| 5–10 years | 41 (15.5) |
| 10+ years | 111 (42.1) |
| Gender | |
| Female | 174 (53.7) |
| Male | 150 (46.3) |