Sociodemographic characteristics stratified by department
| Total | Intensive care unit | Pulmonology or internal medicine | Geriatric or palliative care | p-value | |
| Total respondents | 162 | 67 (41) | 51 (32) | 44 (27) | |
| Age (range) years | 49±10 (27–65) | 47±9 (32–63) | 47±11 (27–65) | 53±8 (30–65) | 0.009# |
| No answer | 15 (9) | 3 (5) | 5 (10) | 7 (16) | |
| Sex | 0.034¶ | ||||
| Male | 89 (55) | 37 (55) | 32 (63) | 20 (46) | |
| Female | 69 (43) | 30 (45) | 19 (37) | 20 (46) | |
| No answer | 4 (2) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 4 (8) | |
| Education | <0.001¶ | ||||
| Physician in training | 12 (7) | 3 (5) | 8 (16) | 1 (2) | |
| General physician | 18 (11) | 2 (3) | 2 (4) | 14 (32) | |
| Specialist | 132 (82) | 62 (93) | 41 (80) | 29 (66) | |
| Experience in this field ≥10 years | 110 (68) | 43 (64) | 37 (73) | 30 (68) | 0.991¶ |
Data are presented as n, mean±sd or n (%), unless otherwise stated. #: p-value obtained by ANOVA; ¶: p-value obtained by the Chi-squared test.