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Table 2. Baseline characteristics professionals
Age (y)
Gender (n)
Male Female
Subspecialisation (n)
None
(uro)Gynaecology Reproductive medicine Benign gynaecology Benign and Reproductive Other
Not applicable
Type of institution (n)
Academic hospital Community teaching hospital
Community hospital Other
Years of experience
New endometriosis patients# (n)
0-5
5-10
10-20
20-50
50-100
100+
Not applicable
(n=24)
46.5 (8.8)
professionals (n=6)
45.5 (6.5)
General Practitioners (n=23)
44.0 (9.9)
Gynaecologists Other
583 18163
16 5
2 0
11.2 (8.5)
2
13
8
1 3 03
11 9 3 1
11.3 (7.9)
12.8 (7.2)
2003 321 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 9 0 050
2
Data are given as mean (standard deviation) unless stated otherwise # Number of patients with a new diagnosis of endometriosis per year
domain “medical/scientific”. Two interventions were selected based on fulfilment of all three selection criteria by a subgroup of the expert panel: “Increase post academic education for other medical specialists” was selected by gynaecologists, “Develop GP guideline concerning abdominal pain” was selected by the general practitioners. The Mann-Whitney U test showed significant differences in rating between patients and professionals
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