Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the study participants (n = 290)
Demographics | Distribution of responses | |
|---|---|---|
n | % | |
Gender | ||
Female | 134 | 46.21 |
Male | 156 | 53.79 |
Age | ||
18–40 | 97 | 33.45 |
41–60 | 178 | 61.38 |
≥ 61 | 15 | 5.17 |
Professional title | ||
Senior title | 211 | 72.76 |
Intermediate title | 46 | 15.86 |
Elementary Title | 12 | 4.14 |
Postgraduate | 16 | 5.52 |
others | 5 | 1.72 |
Ongoing guidelines | ||
Yes | 186 | 64.14 |
No | 104 | 35.86 |
Background | ||
TCM clinicians | 150 | 51.72 |
Integrative Medicine clinicians | 32 | 11.03 |
Western medicine clinicians | 21 | 7.24 |
Methodologists | 39 | 13.45 |
Statisticians | 2 | 0.69 |
Pharmacy specialists | 5 | 1.72 |
Staff of academic societies | 12 | 4.14 |
Others | 29 | 10 |
The role in development of the guideline | ||
Guideline chair | 71 | 24.48 |
Guideline panel | 136(95)^ | 46.9 |
Working group | 162(146)^ | 55.86 |
Reviewers | 63 | 21.72 |
Number of guidelines the respondents involved | ||
0 | 1 | 0.34 |
<3 | 154 | 53.1 |
3–5 | 69 | 23.79 |
>5 | 66 | 22.76 |
Guidelines of the respondents reviewed | ||
0 | 99 | 34.14 |
<3 | 89 | 30.69 |
3–5 | 60 | 20.69 |
>5 | 42 | 14.48 |
Paradigm of clinical guidelines | ||
Textbook style* | 34 | 11.72 |
Specific clinical problem-oriented guidelines | 250 | 86.21 |
Others | 6 | 2.07 |