Table 1 Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of respondents

Sex

0.73

Female

22 (64.7)

424 (64.6)

446 (64.6)

Age, yr

< 0.001

22–30

0 (0.0)

253 (38.6)

253 (36.7)

31–45

27 (79.4)

370 (56.3)

397 (57.5)

46–65

7 (20.6)

33 (5.1)

40 (5.8)

Years practicing neurology

< 0.001

≤ 10

5 (14.7)

487 (74.3)

492 (71.3)

11–20

22 (64.7)

131 (19.9)

153 (22.2)

> 20

7 (20.6)

38 (5.8)

45 (6.5)

Education level

< 0.001

Bachelor’s degree

5 (14.7)

270 (41.2)

275 (39.9)

Master’s degree

18 (52.9)

337 (51.4)

355 (51.4)

Doctorate

11 (32.4)

49 (7.4)

60 (8.7)

Practice setting

0.799

Academic tertiary hospital

14 (41.2)

234 (35.7)

248 (35.9)

Non-academic tertiary hospital

20 (58.8)

407 (62.1)

427 (61.9)

Secondary hospital

0 (0.0)

15 (2.3)

15 (2.2)

Job title

< 0.001

House physician

0 (0.0)

234 (35.7)

234 (33.9)

Attending physician

10 (29.4)

296 (44.9)

306 (44.3)

Assistant director physician

19 (55.9)

70 (10.6)

89 (12.9)

Director physician

5 (14.7)

26 (3.9)

31 (4.5)

Number of all-cause encephalitis cases per year

< 0.001

< 10

1 (2.9)

154 (23.5)

155 (22.5)

10–30

9 (26.5)

295 (45.0)

304 (44.1)

31–60

13 (38.2)

110 (16.7)

123 (17.8)

61–90

4 (11.8)

21 (3.2)

25 (3.6)

> 90

5 (14.7)

26 (3.9)

31 (4.5)

Unclear

2 (5.9)

50 (7.7)

52 (7.5)

Number of autoimmune encephalitis cases per year

0.001

< 1

0 (0.0)

36 (5.5)

36 (5.2)

1–5

9 (26.5)

281 (42.8)

290 (42.0)

6–10

8 (23.5)

163 (24.8)

171 (24.8)

11–20

10 (29.4)

66 (10.0)

76 (11.0)

> 20

6 (17.6)

44 (6.8)

50 (7.2)

Unclear

1 (2.9)

66 (10.1)

67 (9.7)