Table 1.

Participants’ demographic characteristics

Patients				Healthcare Professionals
		n	%			n	%
Hospital	A	218	59.4	Hospital	A	65	46.4
	B	149	40.6		B	75	53.6
				Profession	Nurse	84	60.0
					Physician	56	40.0
Age in (years)	< 30	119	35.6	Age in (years)	< 30	28	24.6
	30–40	94	28.1		30–40	59	51.8
	> 40	121	36.2		> 40	27	23.7
Gender	Female	210	58.5	Gender	Female	105	75.5
	Male	149	41.5		Male	34	24.5
Ethnicity	Omani	332	93.0	Ethnicity	Omani	72	51.8
	Non-Omani	25	7.0		Non-Omani	67	48.2
Living	Alone	39	11.3	Position	Clinician	84	78.5
	With family	305	88.7		Management	4	3.7
Education	Post-secondary school education	140	40.0		Both	19	17.8
	Basic level of education	210	60.0	Work experience	< 8 years	41	34.2
Occupational status	Un-employed	154	43.9		8–15 years	44	36.7
	Employed	159	45.3		> 15 year	35	29.2
	Retiree	38	10.8	Education	Diploma/resident	60/13	71.4/27.1
					Bachelor/specialist	23/34	27.4/70.8
					Master/adjunct	1/0	1.2/0
					Ph.D./docent	0/1	0/2.1
Admission area	Medical	117	34.7	Work area	Medical	34	25.0
	Surgical	156	46.3		Surgical	71	52.2
	Obstetrics and gynaecology	64	19.0		Obstetrics and gynaecology	31	22.8
Hospital admission	Planned	132	37.7
	Emergency	218	62.3
Reason of admission	Examination	47	13.3
	Treatment	306	86.7
Stay duration	<=5 Days	192	67.6
	> 5 Days	92	32.4