Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of study participants (N = 369).
| Variables | N (%) |
|---|---|
| Gender | |
| Male | 241 (65.3) |
| Female | 128 (34.7) |
| Age | |
| 22–35 | 134 (36.5) |
| 36–45 | 124 (33.8) |
| 46–55 | 76 (20.7) |
| >56 | 33 (9.0) |
| Working country | |
| Jordan | 308 (83.5) |
| Other countries | 61 (16.5) |
| Highest qualification | |
| Bachelor | 56 (15.2) |
| Master | 93 (25.2) |
| PhD | 220 (59.6) |
| Employment field | |
| Academic (i.e., universities) | 273 (74.0) |
| Government sector | 32 (8.7) |
| Othera | 64 (17.3) |
| Specialty | |
| Nursing | 60 (16.3) |
| Pharmacy | 84 (22.8) |
| Medicine | 64 (17.3) |
| Biological sciences | 53 (14.4) |
| Applied medical sciences | 71 (19.2) |
| Dentistry | 37 (10.0) |
| Years of experience | |
| >15 years | 124 (33.6) |
| 11–15 years | 54 (14.6) |
| 6–10 years | 73 (19.8) |
| 1–5 years | 101 (27.4) |
| Less than 1 year | 17 (4.6) |
| Number of published research | |
| >50 | 28 (7.6) |
| 31–50 | 37 (10.0) |
| 21–30 | 38 (10.3) |
| 11–20 | 57 (15.4) |
| 6–10 | 47 (12.7) |
| 1–5 | 100 (27.1) |
| None | 62 (16.8) |
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Other fields include institutions or companies in the industry or private research centers.