Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of the responders
| Characteristic | Number of responders n (%) |
|---|---|
| Gender | |
| Male | 385 (53.32) |
| Female | 337 (46.68) |
| Age (years) | |
| 20–24 | 4 (0.55) |
| 25–34 | 205 (28.39) |
| 35–44 | 274 (37.95) |
| 45–54 | 141 (19.53) |
| 55–64 | 79 (10.94) |
| 65–74 | 17 (2.35) |
| 75–84 | 2 (0.28) |
| College | |
| Dentistry | 90 (12.47) |
| Applied medical sciences | 138 (19.11) |
| School of public health | 15 (2.08) |
| Pharmacy | 202 (27.98) |
| Medicine | 195 (27.01) |
| Nursing | 78 (10.8) |
| Othera | 4 (0.55) |
| Rank | |
| Teaching assistant | 93 (12.88) |
| Lecturer | 231 (31.99) |
| Assistant professor | 224 (31.02) |
| Associate professor | 86 (11.91) |
| Professor | 88 (12.19) |
| Country | |
| Kingdom of Saudi Arabia | 410 (56.79) |
| Qatar | 4 (1.25) |
| Egypt | 143 (19.81) |
| Israel | 23 (3.19) |
| Iraq | 57 (7.89) |
| Turkey | 18 (2.49) |
| Bahrain | 12 (1.66) |
| United Arab Emirates | 13 (1.8) |
| Sudan | 6 (0.83) |
| Oman | 13 (1.8) |
| Jordan | 6 (0.83) |
| Palestine | 5 (0.69) |
| Other b | 7 (0.97) |
| Institution Funding | |
| Public | 617 (85.46) |
| Private | 105 (14.54) |
aChild development, preparatory health, student, university-affiliated teaching hospital
bYemen, Iran, Cyprus, Lebanon, Tunisia