Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of survey participants (n = 109)
| n (%) | |
|---|---|
| Gender | |
| Male | 75 (68.8) |
| Female | 34 (31.2) |
| Title | |
| Prof | 32 (29.4) |
| Dr | 52 (47.7) |
| Mr | 10 (9.2) |
| Mrs | 8 (7.3) |
| Miss | 7 (6.4) |
| *Country | |
| Uganda | 10 (9.2) |
| Cameroon | 7 (6.4) |
| South Africa | 7 (6.4) |
| Kenya | 6 (5.5) |
| Ethiopia | 6 (5.5) |
| Tanzania | 6 (5.5) |
| Malawi | 5 (4.6) |
| Sudan | 5 (4.6) |
| Rwanda | 5 (4.6) |
| Zambia | 4 (3.7) |
| Egypt | 3 (2.8) |
| Nigeria | 3 (2.8) |
| Zimbabwe | 3 (2.8) |
| Botswana | 3 (2.8) |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3 (2.8) |
| Burkina Faso | 3 (2.8) |
| Gambia | 3 (2.8) |
| Namibia | 3 (2.8) |
| Mozambique | 2 (1.8) |
| Madagascar | 2 (1.8) |
| Mali | 2 (1.8) |
| Type of hospital institution stationed at | |
| Public | 30 (27.5) |
| Private | 8 (7.3) |
| Doesn't apply (academic institution/non-governmental organization) | 71 (65.1) |
| Position at the institution | |
| Doctor in academia (professor, associate professor or researcher) | 40 (36.7) |
| Doctor in administrative position (chief medical officer and etc.) | 11 (10.1) |
| Doctor in hospital (general practitioners, senior consultants and etc.) | 10 (9.2) |
| Lecturer (in ethics, bioethics or medical sciences) | 18 (16.5) |
| Administrator (institutional review board [IRB] administrator, IRB vice-chairman) | 18 (16.5) |
| Researcher (medical sciences and bioethics) | 12 (11.0) |
| Bioethics training or a bioethics qualification? | |
| Yes | 83 (76.1) |
| No | 17 (15.6) |
| Other training/qualification | 9 (8.3) |
| Type of bioethics qualification | |
| Certificate | 45 (48.4) |
| Diploma | 12 (12.9) |
| Bachelor | 2 (2.2) |
| Master | 20 (21.5) |
| PhD | 7 (7.5) |
| Postdoc | 4 (4.3) |
| Other | 3 (3.2) |
*Other countries with one respondent: Algeria, Mauritius, Swaziland, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Eritrea, Togo, Senegal, Libya, Seychelles, Angola, Morocco, and Tunisia