Table 2 Professional and sociodemographic data of recruited physicians (N = 21)

Gender

Female

12

57

Male

9

43

Professional discipline

Gynecology

5

23

General practice

5

23

Internal medicine

3

14

Dermatology

2

10

Urology

2

10

Pneumology

1

5

Gastroenterology

1

5

Neurology

1

5

Psychiatry

1

5

Migration background (first and second generation)

Syria

5

23

Iran

4

19

Turkey

4

19

Palestine

2

10

Iraq

1

5

Afghanistan

1

5

Jordania

1

5

Azerbaijan

1

5

Romania

1

5

Ukraine

1

5

Language skills from the Middle Eastern region (more than one possible)¹

Arabic

11

52

Turkish

6

29

Persian/Farsi

4

19

Kurdish (Kurmanji)

3

14

Pashto

1

5

Hebrew

1

5

Dari

1

5

Clinical setting/place of work

Outpatient/ambulant

13

62

Inpatient/hospital

8

38