Table 1.
The sociodemographic characteristics of the study respondents
| Number (%) (n = 503) |
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|---|---|---|
| Gender | Men | 98 (19.5) |
| Women | 398 (79.1) | |
| Missing | 7 (1.4) | |
| Nationality | Saudi | 161 (32.0) |
| Non-Saudi | 335 (66.6) | |
| Missing | 7 (1.4) | |
| Profession | Nurse | 363 (72.2) |
| Doctor | 139 (27.6) | |
| Missing | 1 (0.2) | |
| Years in Specialty | < 6 months | 71 (14.1) |
| 6–11 months | 31 (6.2) | |
| 1–2 years | 97 (19.3) | |
| 3–4 years | 109 (21.7) | |
| 5–10 years | 124 (24.7) | |
| 11–20 years | 45 (8.9) | |
| > 21 years | 15 (3.0) | |
| Missing | 11 (2.2) | |
| Hospital | The first | 452 (89.9) |
| The second | 51 (10.1) | |
| ER Department | Adult | 341 (67.8) |
| Paediatrics | 78 (15.5) | |
| Maternity | 84 (16.7) | |
| Errors | None | 281 (55.9) |
| 1 to 5 | 166 (33.0) | |
| 6 to 10 | 23 (4.6) | |
| 10 or more | 10 (2.0) | |
| Missing | 23 (4.6) | |
| Saudi | Doctors | 66 (13.1) |
| Nurses | 95 (18.9) | |
| non-Saudi | Doctors | 71 (14.1) |
| Nurses | 263 (52.3) | |
| Missing | 8 (1.6) | |
Data are presented as number (%)