Characteristics of ExpertLens panel participants (n = 43). Values are n (%) unless otherwise stated.
| Characteristics | Values |
|---|---|
| Patient characteristics | |
| Participant background | |
| Physicians | 22 (51) |
| Allied health professionals | 10 (23) |
| Person with arthritis | 3 (7) |
| Researchers | 5 (12) |
| Other | 2 (5) |
| No response | 1 (2) |
| Province or territory | |
| Alberta | 6 (14) |
| British Columbia | 6 (14) |
| Manitoba | 2 (5) |
| New Brunswick | 1 (2) |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 2 (5) |
| Northwest Territories | 0 (0) |
| Nova Scotia | 3 (7) |
| Nunavut | 0 (0) |
| Ontario | 14 (33) |
| Prince Edward Island | 0 (0) |
| Quebec | 6 (14) |
| Saskatchewan | 2 (5) |
| Yukon | 0 (0) |
| No response | 1 (2) |
| Urban vs rural location | |
| Urban location | 41 (95) |
| Rural location | 1 (2) |
| No response | 1 (2) |
| Health professional characteristics, includes physicians and allied health* Yrs in practice | |
| < 5 | 3 |
| 5–10 | 4 |
| 11–20 | 12 |
| > 21 | 15 |
| Practice setting | |
| Academic: clinical/teaching | 20 |
| Academic: research | 6 |
| Community practice | 7 |
| Other | 1 |
| Practice patient population | |
| Adult patients with all types of IA | 23 |
| Predominantly RA | 3 |
| Predominantly AS | 1 |
| Predominantly PsA | 0 |
| Predominantly JIA | 5 |
| No. patients with IA routinely seen | 1 |
| Other | 1 |
↵* There are 34 respondents in this section; however, only 32 participants indicated they were health professionals in earlier questions. This is because 1 participant did not answer these questions and 3 researchers did (presumably because they are clinician scientists). IA: inflammatory arthritis; RA: rheumatoid arthritis; AS: ankylosing spondylitis; PsA: psoriatic arthritis; JIA: juvenile idiopathic arthritis.