Table 4 Family physicians’ socio-demographic characteristics and satisfaction data (n = 170)
Category | Subcategory | Count | (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Age (in years) | ≤30 | 25 | 14.7% |
31–40 | 71 | 41.8% | |
41–50 | 43 | 25.3% | |
≥51 | 31 | 18.2% | |
Gender | Male | 38 | 22.4% |
Female | 132 | 77.7% | |
Nationality | United Arab Emirates | 75 | 44.1% |
Other | 95 | 55.9% | |
Arab | 45 | 26.5% | |
Non-Arab | 20 | 11.8% | |
Unspecified | 30 | 17.7% | |
First language | Arabic | 138 | 81.2% |
Other | 32 | 18.8% | |
English | 6 | 3.5% | |
Farsi | 1 | 0.6% | |
Hindi | 6 | 3.5% | |
Urdu | 17 | 10.0% | |
Malayalam | 2 | 1.2% | |
Professional level | Senior resident | 25 | 14.7% |
Specialist registrar | 72 | 42.4% | |
Senior specialist registrar | 60 | 35.3% | |
Consultant | 13 | 7.7% | |
Years of experience | ≤5 | 21 | 12.4% |
6–10 | 37 | 21.8% | |
11–15 | 32 | 18.8% | |
16–20 | 38 | 22.4% | |
> 20 | 42 | 24.7% | |
Communication skills training | Medical school | ||
Yes | 105 | 61.8% | |
No | 65 | 38.2% | |
Postgraduate/Residency | |||
Yes | 151 | 88.8% | |
No | 19 | 11.2% | |
Within last year | |||
Yes | 61 | 35.9% | |
No | 109 | 64.1% | |
Job satisfaction | Not satisfied | 1 | 0.6% |
Average satisfaction | 80 | 47.1% | |
Very satisfied | 89 | 52.4% | |
Communication skills satisfaction | Not satisfied | 0 | 0.0% |
Average satisfaction | 50 | 29.4% | |
Very satisfied | 120 | 70.6% | |