Table 1 Characteristics of respondents and their intensive care units

Certificate

<0.001

 Neurocritical care, n (%)

77 (9)

11 (3)

59 (42)

4 (5)

3 (3)

–

 Critical care, n (%)

532 (61)

321 (66)

32 (23)

63 (72)

61 (69)

55 (81)

 Both, n (%)

127 (15)

75 (15)

31 (22)

12 (14)

5 (6)

4 (5)

 None, n (%)

132 (15)

78 (16)

18 (13)

8 (9)

19 (22)

9 (13)

Primary specialty

<0.001

 Anesthesiology, n (%)

234 (27)

186 (38)

7 (5)

7 (8)

32 (36)

2 (3)

 Intensive care, n (%)

495 (57)

270 (56)

54 (39)

65 (75)

41 (47)

65 (96)

 Internal medicine, n (%)

36 (4)

12 (2)

10 (7)

7 (8)

7 (8)

–

 Neurology, n (%)

70 (8)

5 (1)

57 (41)

5 (6)

3 (3)

–

 Pediatrics, n (%)

12 (1)

9 (2)

1 (1)

–

1 (1)

1 (1)

 Surgery, n (%)

21 (2)

3 (1)

11 (8)

3 (3)

4 (5)

–

Years of practice

0.07

 <5, n (%)

158 (18)

88 (18)

41 (29)

14 (16)

15 (17)

–

 5–10, n (%)

241 (28)

132 (27)

33 (24)

23 (26)

35 (40)

18 (26)

 11–15, n (%)

187 (22)

98 (20)

28 (20)

23 (26)

21 (24)

17 (25)

 16–20, n (%)

117 (13)

71 (15)

14 (10)

10 (11)

7 (8)

15 (22)

 21–25, n (%)

86 (10)

56 (12)

8 (6)

9 (10)

3 (3)

10 (15)

 >25, n (%)

79 (9)

40 (8)

16 (11)

8 (9)

7 (8)

8 (12)

Type of ICU

<0.001

 Neuro-ICU, n (%)

170 (20)

48 (10)

98 (70)

15 (17)

9 (10)

–

 Medical ICU, n (%)

46 (5)

20 (4)

–

9 (10)

15 (17)

2 (3)

 Surgical ICU, n (%)

75 (9)

54 (11)

7 (5)

3 (3)

11 (13)

–

 Mixed ICU, n (%)

550 (63)

346 (71)

33 (24)

58 (67)

51 (58)

62 (91)

 Pediatric ICU, n (%)

27 (3)

17 (4)

2 (1)

2 (3)

2 (2)

4 (6)

Responsible for patients with ABI in the ICU

<0.001

 Anesthesiologist, n (%)

76 (9)

67 (14)

1 (1)

–

8 (9)

–

 Intensivist, n (%)

494 (57)

311 (64)

57 (40)

43 (50)

26 (30)

57 (84)

 Neurologist, n (%)

13 (1)

2 (1)

5 (4)

2 (2)

4 (5)

–

 Neurosurgeon, n (%)

26 (3)

4 (1)

7 (5)

5 (6)

10 (11)

–

 Mixed responsibility, n (%)

259 (30)

101 (21)

70 (50)

37 (43)

40 (45)

11 (17)

Number of available ICU beds (on the day of the survey)

14 [10–22]

12 [8–18]

20 [16–27]

13 [10–20]

15 [10–25]

18 [12–23]

<0.001

Hospital size (beds)

<0.001

 <500, n (%)

345 (40)

175 (36)

40 (29)

65 (75)

39 (44)

26 (38)

 500–750, n (%)

208 (24)

107 (22)

39 (28)

16 (18)

18 (20)

28 (41)

 751–1000, n (%)

171 (20)

99 (20)

41 (29)

3 (3)

16 (18)

12 (18)

 >1000, n (%)

144 (17)

104 (21)

20 (14)

3 (3)

15 (17)

2 (3)

Type of institution

<0.001

 University, n (%)

341 (39)

205 (42)

84 (60)

12 (14)

25 (28)

15 (22)

 University-affiliated, n (%)

241 (28)

109 (22)

27 (19)

27 (31)

29 (33)

49 (72)

 Non-university-affiliated, n (%)

286 (33)

171 (35)

29 (21)

48 (55)

34 (39)

4 (6)

Patients on the day of survey, n (%)

12 [8–19]

10 [8–16]

16 [12–20]

12 [8–18]

12 [10–24]

14 [10–21]

<0.001

Patients with ABI on day of survey, n (%)

3 [2–6]

3 [1–5]

10 [4–13]

4 [2–6]

4 [2–8]

3 [2–4]

<0.001