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