Table 1

Respondent Characteristics

Characteristic
Physicians
Nurse Practitioners
Physician Assistants
TOTAL

Number respondents/eligible
125/537 (24%)
23/47 (48%)
21/45 (46%)
169/629 (26%)





Age




     < 30 years old
1
0
1
2
     30–39
33
4
2
39
     40–49
47
10
5
62
     50–59
33
9
9
51
     60 or greater
10
0
2
12





Departments




Anesthesiology
6


6
Critical care
3
1

4
Dermatology
6

1
7
Emergency medicine
6
1

7
Family Medicine
5
1
1
7
Hematology/Oncology and Radiation Oncology
12
2
5
19
Internal Medicine including Cardiology
26
5
3
34
Neurology
5
1

6
Ob-Gyn
5


5
Pediatrics
13
7
1
21
Psychiatry
5


5
Surgery, any type (general, CT, neuro, vascular, ophtho, ortho, uro, plastic etc)
12
4
6
22
Other
8

1
9

Kemper et al. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2007 7:5   doi:10.1186/1472-6882-7-5