Table 2 Respondent characteristics
Respondent Characteristics | N (%) |
|---|---|
Sex | |
 Female | 116 (57.1) |
 Male | 83 (40.9) |
 Prefer not to say | 2 (1.0) |
 Other | 2 (1.0) |
Level of seniority | |
 Intern | 34 (16.7) |
 SHO | 46 (22.7) |
 Registrar | 53 (26.1) |
 GP Trainee | 3 (1.5) |
 GP | 34 (16.7) |
 Consultant | 33 (16.3) |
Years since graduation | |
 < 5 | 81 (39.9) |
 5–10 | 54 (26.6) |
 11–20 | 39 (19.2) |
 21–30 | 11 (5.4) |
 > 30 | 18 (8.9) |
Autism training received | |
 Undergraduate education | 95 (46.8) |
 Postgraduate education | 53 (26.1) |
 Continued medical education | 42 (20.7) |
 Other | 12 (5.9) |
 Never | 49 (24.1) |
No. of autistic patients annually | |
 < 10 | 142 (70.0) |
 10–30 | 41 (20.2) |
 31–60 | 17 (8.4) |
 61–100 | 2 (1.0) |
 > 100 | 1 (0.5) |
Medical specialty of participants | |
 General practice | 37 (18.2) |
 Paediatrics | 28 (13.8) |
 Psychiatry | 27 (13.3) |
 General Internal Medicine | 20 (9.9) |
 Surgery | 10 (4.9) |
 Geriatrics | 7 (3.5) |
 Neurology | 6 (3.0) |
 Emergency Medicine | 4 (2.0) |
 Anaesthesia | 4 (2.0) |