Table 2 Socio-Demographics and acceptance of normality

Gender (N = 323)

59.1% women, 35.6% men, 5.3% diverse¹

Country (N = 321)²

Switzerland 29.6%, Germany 28.7%, Nigeria 16.8%, UK 4.4%, USA 3.4%, Canada 3.1%, Belgium 1.6%, Iran 1.6%, Australia 1.2%; other 9.6%

Medical background (N = 322)³

Not/little related [1,2,3]: 48.1%, moderately related [4,5,6,7]: 31.1%,

closely related [8,9,10]: 20.8%

University degree (N = 323)

Yes: 79.9%

Religiosity (N = 323)⁴

Not/little religious [1,2,3]: 59.1%, moderately religious [4,5,6,7]: 24.2%, strongly religious [8,9,10]: 16.7%

Left–right self-placement (N = 318)⁵

Left/rather left [1,2,3]: 50.0%, centrist [4,5,6,7]: 41.2%,

right/rather right [8,9,10]: 8.8%

Acceptance of normality

Overall scale (N = 315)⁶

M = 41.23 (SD = 7.8), Mdn = 42, Mo = 42, Min = 12, Max = 60

Mental health (N = 319)⁷

M = 19.77 (SD = 4.7), Mdn = 20, Mo = 20, Min = 6, Max = 30

Physical health (N = 315)⁷

M = 21.46 (SD = 4.1), Mdn = 22, Mo = 23, Min = 6, Max = 30

Note.¹ = non-binary, prefer to self-describe, prefer not to say, ²more than 1.0% of sample; ³10-point Likert item ranging from 1 (not at all) to 10 (entirely): “How closely is your professional background related to the field of medicine?”; ⁴10-point Likert item ranging from 1 (not religious) to 10 (religious); ⁵10-point Likert item ranging from 1 (left) to 10 (right); ⁶Possible range: 12–60; ⁷Possible range: 6–30