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Table 1 Demographics and work characteristics of interview participants

From: Beyond guideline knowledge: a theory-based qualitative study of low-value preoperative testing

Participants

Anesthesiologists

(n = 7)

Internists

(n = 4)

Surgeons

(n = 4)

Nurses

(n = 1)

Sex

 Male

3

4

3

 Female

4

0

1

1

Setting

 Academic

4

2

4

 Community

2

1

0

1

 Academic + community

1

1

0

0

 Clinical experience (years; median (IQR))

11.0 (1–18)

15.5 (5–20)

13.0 (3–33)

 Proportion of their patients who undergo low-risk surgeriesa

30–100%

20–50%

10–50%

100%

  1. aParticipant estimates