Table 1 Participant demographics
|  | Palliative Medicine (n = 263) | Respiratory Medicine | Specialties Compared | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ANZ (n = 129) | UK (n = 134) | All (n = 263) | ANZ (n = 177) |  | |
Female | 80 (62.0%) | 112 (83.6%) | 192 (73.0%) | 61 (34.4%) | p < 0.0001 |
Age | |||||
 25–35 | 25 (19.3%) | 31 (23.1%) | 56 (21.3%) | 40 (22.6%) | p = 0.953 |
 36–45 | 27 (20.9%) | 50 (37.3%) | 77 (29.3%) | 57 (32.2%) |  |
 46–55 | 31 (24.0%) | 36 (26.9%) | 67 (25.5%) | 39 (22.0%) |  |
 56–65 | 29 (22.5%) | 15 (11.2%) | 44 (16.7%) | 27 (15.3%) |  |
  > 65 | 11 (8.5%) | 0 | 11 (4.2%) | 8 (4.5%) |  |
 Missing | 6 (4.7%) | 2 (1.5) | 8 (3.0%) | 6 (3.4%) |  |
Position | |||||
 Consultant | 89 (69.0%) | 107 (79.9%) | 196 (74.5%) | 145 (81.9%) | p = 0.068 |
 Specialist trainee | 40 (31.0%) | 27 (20.1%) | 67 (25.5%) | 32 (18.1%) |  |
Mean years in specialty a | 12.5 (9.1) | 12.3 (7.3) | 12.4 (8.2) | 15.0 (10.8) | p = 0.006 |
Mean no. of COPD patients seen/month a | 3.1 (3.1) | 2.5 (3.4) | 2.8 (3.3) | 14.1 (12.0) | p < 0.0001 |