Table 1

Demographic characteristics of respondents

Year of administration	2010	2019
No. of respondents	251	162
Age, mean (SD)	51 (10)	50 (10)
Gender, n (%) a
Male	150 (60%)	80 (51%)
Female	101 (40%)	77 (49%)
Years in practice, n (%)
< 5 years	19 (8%)	14 (9%)
5 to 10 years	34 (14%)	25 (15%)
11 to 20 years	50 (20%)	36 (22%)
> 20 years	148 (59%)	87 (54%)
Country of origin, n (%) b
Canada	193 (78%)	104 (67%)
United States	6 (2%)	2 (1%)
Other	49 (20%)	50 (32%)
Practice environment, n (%) c
Community	153 (61%)	116 (72%)
Private practice	130 (52%)	55 (34%)
Hospital-based	55 (22%)	47 (29%)
Multidisciplinary	45 (18%)	32 (20%)
Academic	31 (12%)	16 (10%)
Patient population with musculoskeletal complaints, n (%) d
< 10%	5 (2%)	26 (16%)
10 to 20%	46 (19%)	41 (25%)
21 to 30%	71 (29%)	34 (21%)
31 to 40%	59 (24%)	29 (18%)
41 to 70%	58 (23%)	52 (32%)
> 70%	10 (4%)	7 (3%)
Clinical area, n (%) d
General family	236 (94%)	145 (90%)
Geriatrics	52 (21%)	29 (18%)
Pediatrics	48 (19%)	19 (12%)
Palliative care	45 (18%)	32 (20%)
Emergency medicine	44 (18%)	39 (24%)
Obstetrics & gynecology	39 (16%)	22 (14%)
Psychotherapy	38 (15%)	13 (8%)
Pain medicine	34 (14%)	24 (15%)
Sports medicine	33 (13%)	16 (10%)
Occupational medicine	14 (6%)	5 (3%)
Anesthesia	7 (3%)	4 (3%)

^a total number of respondents was 157 for the 2019 survey

^b total number of respondents was 156 for the 2019 survey

^c total number of respondents was 249 for the 2010 survey

^d total percentage is > 100% as respondents could choose more than one option