| n | % |
---|---|---|
Gender | ||
 Female | 1637 | 90.29 |
 Male | 176 | 9.71 |
Residential location | ||
 NSW | 883 | 48.70 |
 VIC | 672 | 37.07 |
 ACT | 32 | 1.77 |
 WA | 19 | 1.05 |
 NT | 22 | 1.21 |
 QLD | 57 | 3.14 |
 TAS | 7 | 0.39 |
 New Zealand | 23 | 1.27 |
 Other | 98 | 5.41 |
Employment setting | ||
 Private practice | 283 | 15.61 |
 ED treatment service | 135 | 7.45 |
 Community health centre | 134 | 7.39 |
 Community mental health centre | 421 | 23.22 |
 Hospital setting medical | 212 | 11.69 |
 Hospital setting psychiatric | 278 | 15.33 |
 Headspace | 73 | 4.03 |
 General practitioner (GP) clinic | 26 | 1.43 |
 Education/Teaching environment | 70 | 3.86 |
 Not currently employed | 36 | 1.99 |
 Other | 145 | 8.00 |
Professional discipline | ||
 Physician | 12 | 0.66 |
 Nurse | 394 | 21.73 |
 GP | 38 | 2.10 |
 Social worker | 199 | 10.98 |
 Psychiatrist | 58 | 3.20 |
 Psychologist | 538 | 29.67 |
 Dietician | 279 | 15.39 |
 Occupational therapist | 83 | 4.58 |
 School counsellor | 14 | 0.77 |
 Other | 198 | 10.92 |
Length of practice | ||
 < 2 years | 577 | 31.83 |
 3–5 years | 412 | 22.72 |
 6–10 years | 333 | 18.37 |
 11–15 years | 173 | 9.54 |
 16–20 years | 125 | 6.89 |
 20–30 years | 125 | 6.89 |
 > 30 years | 67 | 3.70 |
Employment area | ||
 Metropolitan | 951 | 52.45 |
 Regional | 535 | 29.51 |
 Rural | 269 | 14.84 |
 Not currently employed | 58 | 3.20 |
EDs seen in practice | ||
 AN | 1387 | 76.50 |
 BN | 1068 | 58.90 |
 BED | 933 | 51.46 |
 EDNOS | 960 | 52.95 |
 No ED patients | 222 | 12.24 |
Inability to treat EDs | ||
 Never | 258 | 14.24 |
 Rarely | 404 | 22.30 |
 Sometimes | 844 | 46.58 |
 Often | 249 | 13.74 |
 Always | 57 | 3.15 |
Hours of training in ED screening and assessment | ||
 0–5 | 1129 | 62.31 |
 6–10 | 330 | 18.21 |
 11–15 | 126 | 6.95 |
 15–20 | 90 | 4.97 |
 20–30 | 50 | 2.76 |
 30+ | 87 | 4.80 |
Hours of training in ED intervention | ||
 0–5 | 1177 | 64.96 |
 6–10 | 297 | 16.39 |
 11–15 | 110 | 6.07 |
 15–20 | 69 | 3.81 |
 20–30 | 51 | 2.81 |
 30+ | 108 | 5.96 |