Participant’s characteristics
Characteristics (no. of respondents) | Respondents (%) |
Age, years (n=247) | |
Under 30 | 11 (4.5) |
30–40 | 104 (42.1) |
41–50 | 64 (25.9) |
51–60 | 50 (20.2) |
Over 60 | 18 (7.3) |
Gender (n=246) | |
Female | 158 (64.2) |
Male | 88 (35.8) |
Country* (n=245) | |
India | 30 (12.2) |
Brazil | 26 (10.6) |
USA | 23 (9.4) |
Canada | 20 (8.2) |
Mexico | 14 (5.7) |
Australia | 13 (5.3) |
UK | 12 (4.9) |
Chile | 11 (4.5) |
Italy | 8 (3.3) |
Portugal | 7 (2.9) |
Belgium | 7 (2.9) |
Others† | 74 (30.2) |
Consider themselves to be from minority racial/ethnic group (n=245) | |
Yes | 30 (12.2) |
No | 215 (87.8) |
Current clinical role (n=245) | |
Resident | 6 (2.4) |
Primary care practitioner, pediatrician, family doctor,or internal medicine doctor | 11 (4.5) |
Pediatric endocrinology fellow | 18 (7.3) |
Pediatric endocrinologist/diabetologist | 154 (62.9) |
Adult endocrinology fellow | 1 (0.4) |
Adult endocrinologist/diabetologist | 24 (9.8) |
Nurse practitioner/registered nurse | 24 (9.8) |
Other (registered nutritionist, dietitian, nutritionist, diabetes educator, mental health professional) | 13 (5.3) |
Years of practice (n=246) | |
Less than 3 | 42 (17.1) |
3–5 | 37 (15) |
5–10 | 46 (18.7) |
More than 10 | 121 (49.2) |
Main practice setting (n=245) | |
Private hospital/outpatient clinic | 56 (22.9) |
Public or government hospital/outpatient clinic | 73 (29.8) |
University or academic hospital/outpatient clinic | 104 (42.5) |
Primary care center | 4 (1.6) |
General practitioner office | 2 (0.8) |
Other (diabetes association) | 6 (2.5) |
Access to an endocrinologist/diabetologist as a consultant (n=247) | |
Yes | 56 (22.7) |
No | 3 (1.2) |
She/he is an endocrinologist/diabetologist | 188 (76.1) |
Number of patients with T1D followed (n=247) | |
Less than 100 | 71 (29.1) |
100–200 | 42 (16.9) |
201–500 | 59 (23.8) |
More than 500 | 75 (30.2) |
Provision of universal healthcare insurance/coverage for the use of insulin pump and/or CGM systems in your country (n=247) | |
Yes | 65 (26.3) |
No | 112 (45.3) |
Partially | 70 (28.3) |
Coverage/reimbursement of private insurance companies for insulin pump and/or CGM systems in your country (n=246) | |
Yes | 57 (23.2) |
No | 132 (53.7) |
Partially | 59 (24) |
Member of the International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (n=247) | |
Yes | 173 (70) |
No | 74 (30) |
*Top 11 country.
†Countries with response: Argentina, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland, Germany, Greece, Haiti, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Liberia, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Republic of Korea, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey and Uruguay.
CGM, continuous glucose monitoring; T1D, type 1 diabetes.