Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of healthcare professionals
Characteristic | Frequency | Percent | |
|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) (N=604) | Mean ± SD | 34.04±7.18 years | |
20-29 | 177 | 29.3 | |
30-39 | 278 | 46.0 | |
40-49 | 131 | 21.7 | |
≥50 | 18 | 3.0 | |
Sex (N=611) | Male | 288 | 47.1 |
Female | 323 | 52.9 | |
Educational status (N=611) | Degree/MD | 455 | 74.5 |
Master’s Degree/Specialty certificate | 110 | 18.0 | |
Resident | 46 | 7.5 | |
Profession (N=607) | Nurse | 234 | 38.6 |
Physician | 142 | 23.4 | |
Midwife | 82 | 13.5 | |
Pharmacy professional | 61 | 10.0 | |
Public health professional | 49 | 8.1 | |
Laboratory technologist | 31 | 5.1 | |
Social worker | 8 | 1.3 | |
Department (N=607) | Internal Medicine | 127 | 20.9 |
Gynecology | 117 | 19.3 | |
Health care Quality | 75 | 12.4 | |
Surgery | 71 | 11.7 | |
Pediatrics | 67 | 11.0 | |
Emergency and critical care | 53 | 8.7 | |
Pharmacy | 59 | 9.7 | |
Laboratory | 30 | 4.9 | |
Social services | 8 | 1.3 | |
Unit (N=611) | Inpatient | 212 | 34.7 |
Outpatient | 169 | 27.7 | |
Emergency | 98 | 16.0 | |
ICU | 44 | 7.2 | |
Quality/All | 88 | 14.4 | |
Experience in profession (years) (N=611) | Mean ± SD | 8.34 ± 5.51 years | |
1-5 | 222 | 36.3 | |
6-10 | 200 | 32.7 | |
11-15 | 126 | 20.6 | |
>15 | 63 | 10.3 | |