Table 1

Demographic and practice characteristics of the 16 Lebanese physicians included in the study classified by specialty

PhRef	Age range	Years qualified	Rural/semi-rural/urban practice	Age of patients	Teaching practice	Specialty	Conditions treated
1	30–50	0–10	Urban	Newborns until 21 years old	No	General Paediatrics	Headaches, migraine, epilepsy and developmental disorders
9	30–50	11–20	Urban	Newborns until 18 years old	Yes	General Paediatrics	Epilepsy, developemental delay, neuromuscular disorders and others
11	30–50	11–20	Urban	Newborns until 18 years old	No	General Paediatrics	Psychomotor delay, epilepsy, neurological inflammation, neurological diseases and others
12	30–50	0–10	Urban	Newborns until 18 years old	Yes	General Paediatrics	Headaches, migraine, epilepsy and developmental disorders
14	50–70	11–20	Urban	Newborns until 18 years old	Yes	General Paediatrics	Psychomotor delay, myopathy, neuropathy, cerebral palsy and others
3	30–50	0–10	Semi-rural	Newborns until 20 years old	No	General Paediatrics	General paediatric services (routine checkups, respiratory tract infections…)
6	50–70	31–40	Urban	Newborns until 16 years old	Yes	General Paediatrics	General paediatric services (routine checkups, respiratory tract infections…)
7	30–50	0–10	Semi-rural	Newborns until 18 years old	Yes	General Paediatrics	General paediatric services (routine checkups, respiratory tract infections…)
13	50–70	31–40	Urban	Newborns until 18 years old	Yes	General Paediatrics	General paediatric services and neonatal care
4	30–50	0–10	Rural	Newborns until old age	No	Neurologist	Headaches, migraine and other neurological disorders
5	30–50	21–30	Semi-rural	15 years old and above	Yes	Neurologist	Headaches, migraine and other neurological disorders
8	50–70	31–40	Urban	14 years old and above	No	Neurologist	Headaches, migraine, muscle aches, epilepsy and others
10	50–60	21–30	Semi-rural	15 years old and above	Yes	Neurologist	Migraine and other neurological disorders and others
15	40–50	0–10	Rural	Newborns until old age	Yes	Neuropsychologist	behaviour problems, cognitive problems, social issues and others
2	60–70	21–30	Urban	Newborns until 16 years old	Yes	General Paediatrics	General paediatric and GI services
16	40–50	0–10	Urban	All ages	Yes	Psychiatrist	Mental health and physical problems with related medical treatments