Table 1 Demographics and practice characteristics of Canadian nephrologists who participated in the survey
From: An assessment of dialysis provider’s attitudes towards timing of dialysis initiation in Canada
Characteristic | Respondents (n) | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Provinces | ||
British Columbia | 18 | 12.9 |
Alberta | 26 | 18.4 |
Saskatchewan | 5 | 3.5 |
Manitoba | 8 | 5.7 |
Ontario | 46 | 32.6 |
Quebec | 31 | 22.0 |
Nova Scotia | 4 | 2.8 |
New Brunswick | 2 | 1.4 |
Newfoundland | 1 | 0.7 |
Years in practice | ||
0 – 5 | 20 | 14.1 |
6 – 10 | 38 | 27 |
11 – 15 | 32 | 22.7 |
16 – 20 | 18 | 12.8 |
>20 | 33 | 23.4 |
Practice environment | ||
Academic centre | 95 | 67.4 |
Community | 34 | 24.1 |
Mixture of both | 12 | 8.5 |
Estimated size of population served | ||
<50,000 | 1 | 0.7 |
50,000 – 200,000 | 21 | 15.0 |
200,000 – 500,000 | 34 | 24.3 |
>500,000 | 84 | 67.1 |
Estimated distribution of dialysis modality (population treated with each modality per centre) | ||
Peritoneal Dialysis (PD)§ | ||
0 – 100 | 78 | 63.9 |
101 – 200 | 39 | 32.0 |
>200 | 5 | 4.1 |
Hemodialysis (HD)¶ | ||
0 – 250 | 57 | 46.3 |
251 – 500 | 37 | 30.1 |
>500 | 29 | 23.6 |
Stage 5 CKD Not on Dialysis* | ||
0 – 50 | 35 | 31.3 |
51 – 100 | 15 | 13.4 |
101 – 150 | 6 | 5.4 |
151 – 200 | 10 | 8.9 |
201 – 250 | 3 | 2.7 |
>250 | 43 | 38.4 |
Use of smartphone or PDA in practice | ||
Yes | 103 | 73.0 |
No | 38 | 27.0 |
Use of electronic medical record in practice | ||
Yes | 99 | 70.2 |
No | 42 | 29.8 |
Journal reading (hours per week) | ||
0 | 1 | 0.7 |
1-2 | 75 | 53.2 |
3-4 | 39 | 27.7 |
>4 | 26 | 18.4 |
Continuing medical education (hours per month) ✜ | ||
0 | 2 | 1.4 |
1-2 | 19 | 13.6 |
3-4 | 37 | 26.4 |
>4 | 82 | 58.6 |
Conferences (per year) | ||
0 | 1 | 0.7 |
1 | 34 | 24.1 |
2 | 56 | 39.7 |
3 | 24 | 17.0 |
>3 | 26 | 18.4 |