Demographic characteristics of respondents
| Characteristic | Response | Result, n (%) |
| Professional level | Consultant | 167 (49.7) |
| Registrar | 109 (32.4) | |
| ANNP | 42 (12.5) | |
| Other | 18 (5.4) | |
| Total | 336 |
| Consultants | Registrars/ fellows | ANNPs | Total | ||
| Years’ experience working with extremely premature infants | 0–3 | 1 (1.0) | 10 (14.5) | 1 (4.5) | 12 (6.0) |
| 4–7 | 10 (9.8) | 46 (60.5) | 1 (4.5) | 57 (28.5) | |
| 8–15 | 30 (29.4) | 14 (18.4) | 6 (27.3) | 50 (25.0) | |
| 16+ | 61 (59.8) | 6 (7.9) | 14 (63.6) | 81 (40.5) | |
| Total | 102 | 76 | 22 | 200 | |
| Neonatal centre usually worked in | NICU | 73 (70.2) | 70 (90.1) | 15 (68.2) | 158 (77.8) |
| LNU | 27 (26.0) | 6 (7.8) | 7 (31.8) | 40 (19.7) | |
| SCU | 4 (3.8) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (2.0) | |
| Other | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.3) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.5) | |
| Total | 104 | 77 | 22 | 203 | |
| Gender (n=198) | Female | 53 (53.0) | 62 (81.6) | 21 (95.5) | 136 (68.7) |
| Male | 46 (46.0) | 14 (18.4) | 1 (4.5) | 61 (30.8) | |
| Other | 1 (1.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.5) | |
| Total | 100 | 76 | 22 | 198 | |
| Age (years) | 18–30 | 0 (0.0) | 3 (4.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (1.6) |
| 31–40 | 20 (20.2) | 61 (81.3) | 8 (42.1) | 89 (46.1) | |
| 41–50 | 32 (32.3) | 5 (6.7) | 4 (21.1) | 41 (21.2) | |
| 51–60 | 39 (39.4) | 5 (6.7) | 7 (36.8) | 51 (26.4) | |
| 61–70 | 7 (7.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 7 (3.6) | |
| 71+ | 1 (1.0) | 1 (1.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (1.0) | |
| Total | 99 | 75 | 19 | 193 | |
Note that aside from professional specialty, answering demographic questions was optional.
ANNP, advanced neonatal nurse practitioner; LNU, local neonatal unit; NICU, neonatal intensive care unit; Registars/fellows, registrars and other; SCU, special care unit.