Original Paper The Attitudes of Therapists and Physicians on the Use of Sex

participant attitudes. The data collected in core themes are most
relevant for the purposes of this study and are presented in the
results.
Sample
Online Survey
The participants of the quantitative survey were all members
of sexual associations in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
A total of 72 sex therapists and physicians completed the
self-constructed questionnaire. 
Table 1
summarizes the
description of the sample according to the variables: gender,
age, relationship status, education, and information on
therapeutic work.
Interview Study
All interviewed therapists were very well informed about sex
robots, had technical knowledge, attended advanced training
courses on the subject, and were familiar with the various
application areas of sex robots. In total, 3 women and 2 men
were interviewed for the qualitative study. 
Table 2
below gives
information about the participants.
J Med Internet Res 2019 | vol. 21 | iss. 8 | e13853 | p. 5
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Table 1. Sample description of quantitative study (N=72).
Statistics
Variables
Gender, n (%)
27 (38)
Male
45 (62)
Female
Age (years)
32-80
Range
51 (9.6)
Mean (SD)
Relationship status, n (%)
38 (52)
Married
19 (26)
Long-term relationship
7 (9)
Divorced
5 (6)
Single
3 (4)
Other relationship
Main training (multiple answers were possible), n (%)
64 (89)
Sexual therapeutic education
53 (83)
Sexual therapists
11 (17)
Sexual physicians
25 (35)
Psychotherapists
15 (21)
Psychologists
15 (21)
Physicians