Table 1 Characteristics of subjects who participated in the study: hospital clinicians, SerD HCPs, and hospital patients and SerD patients
Hospital clinicians | SerD | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
HCPs | ||||
Survey completers | n (%) | 190 (73%) | 142 (76%) | |
Age | Years, mean (SD) | 54.1 (9.6) | 58.0 (7.2) | |
Sex | Female, n (%) | 79 (42%) | 73 (51%) | |
Specialty | Hepatology: n (%) | 23 (12%) | 3 (2%) | |
Gastroenterology: n (%) | 51 (27%) | 7 (5%) | ||
Infectious diseases: n (%) | 91 (48%) | 13 (9%) | ||
Internal Medicine: n (%) | 43 (23%) | 14 (10%) | ||
Other: n (%) More frequent: n (%) | 15 (8%) Gerontology: 3 (20%) | 107 (75%) Psychiatry: 31 (29%) | ||
Experience in HCV | < 3 years, n (%) | 4 (2%) | 3 (2%) | |
3–5 years, n (%) | 4 (2%) | 4 (3%) | ||
6–10 years, n (%) | 16 (8%) | 5 (4%) | ||
> 10 years, n (%) | 166 (87%) | 130 (91%) | ||
Patients | ||||
Survey completers | n (%) | 372 (28%) | 131 (61%) | |
Age (years) | Mean (SD) | 61.5 (9.6) | 47.4 (10.4) | |
Sex | Female: n (%) | 149 (40%) | 26 (20%) | |
Level of education | Primary school: n (%) | 74 (20%) | 84 (64%) | |
High school: n (%) | 182 (49%) | 36 (28%) | ||
Master’s or bachelor degree: n (%) | 115 (31%) | 11 (8%) | ||
Current condition | Sick patient: n (%) | 33 (9%) | ||
In treatment: n | 8 (2%) | |||
Cured patient: n (%) | 339 (91%) | |||
treatment duration, months: median (range) | 3 (1–12) | |||
Substance addiction type | Alcohol addicted: n (%) | 28 (21%) | ||
Drug addicted: n (%) | 103 (79%) | |||
Hepatitis C | Diagnosed: n (%) | 372 (100%) | 103 (82%) | |