Research Article

Perceived Knowledge and Confidence for Providing Youth-Specific Type 1 Diabetes Exercise Recommendations amongst Pediatric Diabetes Healthcare Professionals: An International, Cross-Sectional, Online Survey

Table 1

Baseline characteristics.

Overall (N = 125)

Sex
 Male31 (24.8%)
 Female93 (74.4%)
 Prefer not to say1 (0.8%)

Age (years)
 Mean (SD)44 ± 9
 Median (IQR)42 (26, 70)

Continent
 North America33 (26.4%)
 Central & South America14 (11.2%)
 Europe69 (55.2%)
 Other9 (7.2%)

ISPAD member
 Yes59 (47.2%)
 No66 (52.8%)

Years in practice
 Mean (SD)12 ± 8
 Median (IQR)10 (1, 35)
 Missing data1 (0.8%)

HCP type
 Physician/Clinician91 (72.8%)
 Nurse15 (12.0%)
 Dietitian15 (12.0%)
 Psychologist4 (3.2%)

Healthcare type
 Public77 (61.6%)
 Private14 (11.2%)
 Both34 (27.2%)

# Patients seen monthly
 <1016 (12.8%)
 10–2529 (23.2%)
 25–5039 (31.2%)
 50–10030 (24.0%)
 >10011 (8.8%)

HCP team size
 0–1090 (72.0%)
 11–2022 (17.6%)
 30–5013 (10.4%)

Data reported as mean ± SD or median (interquartile range). North America: Mexico, Puerto Rico, and the United States. Central and South America: Costa Rica, Panama, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Chile. Europe: United Kingdom, Turkey, The Netherlands, Sweden, Spain, Slovenia, Portugal, Poland, Lithuania, Italy, Greece, Germany, and Austria. Other: Egypt, the Republic of Congo, India, Taiwan, Australia, and New Zealand.