Table 1 Socio-demographic and occupational questionnaire section

Gender

Male

Female

I prefer not to specify

28.21%

70.61%

1.18%

143

358

6

TOTAL

507

Age

< 30

30–45

46–55

56–65

> 65

3.55%

33.14%

16.96%

24.06%

22.29%

18

168

86

122

113

TOTAL

507

How long have you been specialized in Pediatrics

I am a resident

< 5 years

Between 5 and 10 years

Between 11 and 20 years

> 20 years

7.69%

12.62%

12.43%

15.98%

51.28%

39

64

63

81

260

TOTAL

507

Any other specializations

Yes

No

18.34%

81.66%

93

414

TOTAL

507

Type of specialty

Sport Medicine

Oncology

Community Medicine e Primary care

Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Hematology

Endocrinology

Dietology

Gastroenterology

Cardiology

Pulmonology

Infectious Disease

Nephrology

Rheumatology

Neurology

Child Neuropsychiatry

Clinical Pathology and Clinical Biochemistry

Anaesthesiology, Resuscitation and IC Medicine

Medical Genetics

Preventive Medicine and Public Health

Legal Medicine

Other (to specify)

Residency schools not represented:

Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Geriatrics, Thermal medicine, Dermatovenereology, Psychiatry, General Surgery, Paediatric Surgery, Plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Urology, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Neurological Surgery, Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology, Cardiac Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Vascular Surgery, Anatomical pathology, Microbiology and Virology, Radiodiagnosis, Radiotherapy, Nuclear Medicine, Audiology and Phoniatry, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Pharmacology and Clinical Toxicology, Occupational Medicine and Medical Statistics and Biometrics

1.25%

1.25%

1.25%

8.75%

3.75%

8.75%

3.75%

3.75%

1.25%

2.50%

7.50%

1.25%

2.50%

1.25%

5.00%

1.25%

2.50%

3.75%

5.00%

1.25%

43.75%

1

1

1

7

3

7

3

3

1

2

6

1

2

1

4

1

2

3

4

1

35

TOTAL

89

Work setting

Hospital facility

Policlinic

Territorial specialist outpatient clinic

Private professional practice (freelance activity)

Local health Authority (LHA)

Nursing Home (RSA)/Hospice/ Long-term care

Home care

118/ Out-of-hospital first aid

Research organization

Other (to specify)

49.47%

17.06%

2.99%

14.07%

4.90%

0.85%

0.85%

0.64%

0.64%

3.20%

232

80

14

66

23

4

4

3

3

15

TOTAL

469

Macroregion in which you work

North-West

North-East

Centre

South

Islands

32.20%

23.45%

23.65%

12.80%

7.90%

151

110

111

60

37

TOTAL

469

Number of paediatric patients followed in 2021

< 500

500–1000

1000–1500

1500–2000

> 2000

22.81%

38.38%

23.88%

7.04%

7.89%

107

180

112

33

37

TOTAL

469