Table 1.
Demographic characteristics and work environment (N = 354)
| Demographic features | n (%) |
|---|---|
| Age in years | |
| Less than 30 | 26 (7.3) |
| 30–40 | 123 (34.7) |
| 41–50 | 80 (22.6) |
| 51–66 | 49 (13.8) |
| No response | 76 (21.4) |
| Gender | |
| Male | 208 (58.7) |
| Female | 124 (35.0) |
| No response | 22 (6.2) |
| Nationality | |
| Omani | 91 (25.7) |
| Non-Omani | 238 (67.2) |
| No response | 25 (7.0) |
| Marital status | |
| Single | 34 (9.6) |
| Married | 298 (84.2) |
| Divorced | 2 (0.5) |
| No response | 20 (5.6) |
| Number of children | |
| None | 48 (13.5) |
| 1–3 | 182 (51.4) |
| 4 and more | 40 (11.3) |
| No response | 84 (23.7) |
| Highest educational level | |
| MD | 99 (27.9) |
| Post-graduate degree | 199 (56.2) |
| Clinical + PhD | 26 (7.3) |
| PhD | 4 (1.1) |
| No response | 26 (7.3) |
| Employment status | |
| Full time | 335 (94.6) |
| Part time | 10 (2.8) |
| No response | 9 (2.5) |
| Working environment | |
| Experience as a physician in years | |
| Less than 5 | 19 (5.3) |
| 5–15 | 150 (42.4) |
| 16 and more | 149 (42.1) |
| No response | 36 (10.2) |
| Experience in current working place in years | |
| Less than 5 | 90 (25.4) |
| 5–15 | 164 (46.3) |
| 16 and more | 54 (15.2) |
| No response | 46 (13.0) |
| Duration working with the team in years | |
| 5 or less | 150 (42.4) |
| More than 5 | 181 (51.1) |
| No response | 23 (6.5) |
| Current grade | |
| Medical intern | 15 (4.2) |
| Senior house officer | 63 (17.8) |
| Specialist | 139 (39.2) |
| Senior specialist | 41 (11.6) |
| Consultant | 27 (7.6) |
| Senior consultant | 23 (6.5) |
| Others | 24 (6.8) |
| No response | 22 (6.2) |
| Specialty | |
| Obstetrics and gynaecology | 55 (15.5) |
| General medicine | 44 (12.4) |
| General surgery | 39 (11.1) |
| Accident and emergency | 30 (8.5) |
| ICU and anaesthesia | 26 (7.3) |
| Child health | 25 (7.1) |
| Others* | 135 (38.1) |
| Place of work | |
| Public hospitals | 308 (87.0) |
| Private hospitals | 46 (13.0) |
*
Including internal medicine, cardiology, otorhinolaryngology, orthopaedics, behavioural medicine, radiology, urology, dermatology, ophthalmology, and oral health.