Table 1.
Participants’ socio-demographic variables.
| Study variables | N (%) (N = 523) |
|---|---|
| Sex | |
| ● Male | 241 (46.1%) |
| ● Female | 282 (53.9%) |
| Age group (years) | |
| ● <30 years | 196 (37.5%) |
| ● 30–39 years | 209 (40.0%) |
| ● ≥40 years | 118 (22.5%) |
| Nationality | |
| ● Saudi Arabian | 267 (51.1%) |
| ● Non-Saudi Arabian | 256 (48.9%) |
| Work city | |
| ● Buraidah | 288 (55.1%) |
| ● Al Rass | 137 (26.2%) |
| ● Albukaira | 20 (3.8%) |
| ● Al Badaya | 11 (2.1%) |
| ● Unaizah | 49 (9.4%) |
| ● Others | 18 (3.4%) |
| Professional title | |
| ● Doctor | 148 (28.3%) |
| ● Pharmacist | 46 (8.8%) |
| ● Nurse | 235 (44.9%) |
| ● Laboratory specialist | 41 (7.8%) |
| ● Radiology technologist | 14 (2.7%) |
| ● Mixed medical professionals | 39 (7.5%) |
| Medical Specialty* | |
| ● Internal medicine | 28 (18.8%) |
| ● Surgeon | 15 (10.1%) |
| ● General practitioner | 14 (9.5%) |
| ● Family medicine | 13 (8.8%) |
| ● Emergency medicine | 10 (6.8%) |
| ● Pediatrics | 25 (16.9%) |
| ● Gynecology | 9 (6.1%) |
| ● Other | 34 (23.0%) |
| Practice/Center | |
| ● Primary health care center | 97 (18.5%) |
| ● Hospital | 426 (81.5%) |
*Medical specialists, N = 148.