Course organisations
| Variables | All HPR | HPR in adult care | HPR in paediatric care | P value |
| Setting of courses HPR are interested in (multiple choice question) | 1198 | 1124 | 72 | |
| Live (on site/face-to-face), n (%) | 463 (38.6%) | 441 (39.2%) | 22 (29.7%) | 0.015 |
| Live (online), n (%) | 300 (25.0%) | 278 (24.7%) | 22 (29.7%) | 0.558 |
| Recorded online (without time constraints), n (%) | 338 (28.2%) | 312 (27.8%) | 26 (35.1%) | 0.299 |
| Other, n (%) | 14 (1.2%) | 13 (1.2%) | 1 (1.4%) | 1.000 |
| No preference, n (%) | 83 (6.9%) | 80 (7.1%) | 3 (4.1%) | 0.365 |
| Length of course HPR are interested in (multiple choice question) | 857 | 803 | 54 | |
| One day or less, n (%) | 195 (22.8%) | 178 (22.2%) | 17 (31.5%) | 0.200 |
| 1–2 days, n (%) | 377 (44.0%) | 357 (44.5%) | 20 (37.0%) | 0.214 |
| 3–5 days, n (%) | 149 (17.4%) | 139 (17.3%) | 10 (18.5%) | 1.000 |
| Other, n (%) | 21 (2.5%) | 19 (2.4%) | 2 (3.7%) | 0.908 |
| No preference, n (%) | 115 (13.4%) | 110 (13.7%) | 5 (9.3%) | 0.409 |
| Language that HPR prefer (multiple choice question) | 862 | 806 | 56 | |
| English, n (%) | 226 (26.2%) | 213 (26.4%) | 13 (23.2%) | 0.650 |
| National language, n (%) | 561 (65.1%) | 524 (65.0%) | 37 (66.1%) | 1.000 |
| Other, n (%) | 30 (3.5%) | 25 (3.1%) | 5 (8.9%) | 0.058 |
| No preference, n (%) | 45 (5.2%) | 44 (5.5%) | 1 (1.8%) | 0.363 |
| Provider that HPR prefer (multiple choice question) | 1175 | 1103 | 72 | |
| Organised by ESOR/EULAR (online), n (%) | 220 (18.7%) | 204 (18.5%) | 16 (22.2%) | 0.744 |
| Organised by ESOR/EULAR (on site, in your country), n (%) | 284 (24.2%) | 269 (24.4%) | 15 (20.8%) | 0.321 |
| Organised by ESOR/EULAR (on site, NOT in your country), n (%) | 49 (4.2%) | 45 (4.1%) | 4 (5.6%) | 0.872 |
| Organised by national organisations, trained by ESOR/EULAR (online), n (%) | 161 (13.7%) | 151 (13.7%) | 10 (13.9%) | 0.967 |
| Organised by national organisations, trained by ESOR/EULAR (on site, in your country), n (%) | 198 (16.9%) | 190 (17.2%) | 8 (11.1%) | 0.125 |
| Other, n (%) | 3 (0.3%) | 3 (0.3%) | 0 | 1.000 |
| No preference, n (%) | 260 (22.1%) | 241 (21.8%) | 19 (26.4%) | 0.670 |
| Discipline-specific and/or multidisciplinary courses | 700 | 655 | 45 | 0.008 |
| Multidisciplinary: HPR from various professional backgrounds and rheumatologists, n (%) | 267 (38.1%) | 254 (38.8%) | 13 (28.9%) | |
| Multidisciplinary: HPR from various professional backgrounds, n (%) | 105 (15.0%) | 95 (14.5%) | 10 (22.2%) | |
| Discipline-specific, n (%) | 178 (25.4%) | 165 (25.2%) | 13 (28.9%) | |
| No preference, n (%) | 150 (21.4%) | 141 (21.5%) | 9 (20.0%) |
Data are presented separately for HPR in adult and paediatric care; except for the filter questions, no mandatory questions were included in the survey. To clarify the number of responses per question, the number of valid answers is reported.
HPR, health professionals in rheumatology.