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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of respondents’ demographic characteristics

From: Knowledge and preparedness of healthcare providers towards bioterrorism

Variables

n (%)

Sex

 ▪ Male

476 (46.4)

 ▪ Female

550 (53.6)

Hospital

 ▪ Hospital 1

410 (39.8)

 ▪ Hospital 2

293 (28.5)

 ▪ Hospital 3

327 (31.7)

Department/unit

 ▪ Adult Emergency

538 (52.2)

 ▪ Paediatric Emergency

322 (31.3)

 ▪ Paramedic/EMS

129 (12.5)

 ▪ Poison Control Centre/Clinical Laboratory Department

40 (3.8)

Profession

 ▪ Physician

351 (34.1)

 ▪ Nurse

516 (50.1)

 ▪ Paramedic/EMS

131 (12.7)

 ▪ Poison Control Centre/Clinical Laboratory Department

32 (3.1)

Age (years)

 ▪ ≤ 30

429 (43.2)

 ▪ 31 to 40

365 (36.8)

 ▪ 41 to 50

154 (15.5)

 ▪ 51 to 60

40 (4.0)

 ▪ ≥ 61

4 (0.4)

Highest level of education

 ▪ Diploma

126 (12.3)

 ▪ Bachelor’s

672 (65.6)

 ▪ Master’s degree

62 (6.0)

 ▪ Doctorate

58 (5.7)

 ▪ Subspecialty or Fellowship

107 (10.4)

Experience at the current institution (years)

 ▪ ≤ 10

872 (86.6)

 ▪ 11 to 20

121 (12.0)

 ▪ ≥21

14 (1.4)

Total years of experience

 ▪ ≤ 10

684 (68.5)

 ▪ 11 to 20

244 (24.4)

 ▪ ≥21

70 (7.0)

  1. Because of missing data in responses, items have various denominators