Table 1 Respondent demographic and practice characteristics

Age, years, mean (SD)

45.7 (9.5)

Years since medical school graduation, mean (SD)

19.9 (9.7)

Decade of medical school graduation, number (%)

   1960s

9 (3.1%)

   1970s

65 (22.5%)

   1980s

87 (30.1%)

   1990s

104 (36.0%)

   2000s

24 (8.3%)

Primary employer, number (%)

   Private practice, community hospital, and/or managed care

160 (55.6%)

   Academic medical center and/or University medical school

108 (37.5%)

   Other

20 (6.9%)

Weight, pounds, mean (SD)

173.6 (30.6)

Height, inches, mean (SD)

68.7 (4.3)

BMI, kg/m², mean (SD)

26.0 (4.3)

   Underweight BMI (<18.5 kg/m²), number (%)

2 (0.7%)

   Normal BMI (18.5 to 24.9 kg/m²), number (%)

126 (43.9%)

   Overweight BMI (25 to 29.9 kg/m²), number (%)

124 (43.2%)

   Obese BMI (=30 kg/m²), number (%)

35 (12.2%)

Estimates of BMI of respondent's ICU patients, mean (SD)

   Underweight BMI (<18.5 kg/m²)

10.4% (6.5)

   Normal BMI (18.5 to 24.9 kg/m²)

26.8% (13.5)

   Overweight BMI (25 to 29.9 kg/m²)

30.6% (11.7)

   Obese BMI (30 to 39.9 kg/m²)

22.8% (11.7)

   Severely obese BMI (=40 kg/m²)

9.4% (6.5)

Self-reported chronic health problem, number (%)

45 (16.2%)

Percentage of job spent in direct care of ICU patients, mean (SD)

38.8% (22.2)

Number of septic patients cared for per week, number (%)

   0

3 (1.0%)

   1 to 2

62 (21.7%)

   3 to 5

115 (40.2%)

   6 to 10

71 (24.8%)

   11 to 15

24 (8.4%)

   15+

11 (3.8%)

Self-rated experience treating sepsis, number (%)

   Limited

1 (0.4%)

   Moderate

109 (38.0%)

   Extensive

177 (61.7%)

Specialty, number (%)

   Internal medicine

154 (54.0%)

   Family medicine

1 (0.4%)

   Surgery

3 (1.0%)

   Anesthesia

3 (1.0%)

   Pulmonary

267 (93.0%)

   Critical care

262 (91.3%)

   Sleep medicine

66 (23.0%)

   Other

13 (4.5%)