Research Article
Attitudes toward Management of Sickle Cell Disease and Its Complications: A National Survey of Academic Family Physicians
Table 1
Respondent demographics.
| Sample size | 1042 | Male, % | 56.6 | Age, % | | Under 40 | 21.9 | 40–49 | 28.8 | 50–59 | 30.0 | 60+ | 19.3 | Race/ethnicity, % | | White | 84.2 | African American | 3.6 | Hispanic | 3.5 | Asian/other | 8.8 | Rank, % | | Assistant professor | 31.9 | Associate professor | 32.5 | Full professor | 24.6 | Not applicable | 11.0 | Terminal degree, % | | M.D. | 93.5 | D.O. | 5.7 | Other | 0.8 | Primary duty, % | | Administration | 26.4 | Clinical teaching | 51.5 | Research | 5.9 | Faculty development | 1.7 | Clinical care | 9.6 | Nonacademic physician | 0.6 | Other | 4.4 | Patient time ≥50%, % | 22.8 | Time in clinic, % | | 3 half days | 50.4 | 3–6 half days | 44.6 | 7+ half days | 5.1 | % of patients who are African American, % | | 10% | 46.8 | 10–24% | 27.5 | 25–49% | 18.4 | 50+% | 7.3 | Number of patients with SCD | | 0 patients | 59.6 | 1–4 patients | 34.5 | 5–10 patients | 14.5 | 11+ patients | 1.4 | % of SCD patients who are under 19 years of age, % | | 10% | 56.8 | 10–24% | 18.1 | 25–49% | 14.0 | 50+% | 11.1 |
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