Table 2.
Description of the healthcare professionals participated in the study.
| Category | Health care professionals, n = 1157 (11 %) |
|---|---|
| Nurse | 197 (17.0%) |
| BSc Pharm | 503 (43.5%) |
| PharmD | 78 (6.7%) |
| Junior Doctor | 62 (5.4%) |
| General Practitioner (GP) | 93 (8.0%) |
| Senior Doctor | 93 (8.0%) |
| Consultant physicians | 131 (11.3%) |
| Among Senior Doctors and Consultant physicians (n = 224) | |
| Internal Medicine | 51 (22.8%) |
| Surgery | 31 (13.8%) |
| Paediatrics | 16 (7.1%) |
| Anaesthetics | 7 (3.1%) |
| Obstetrics / Gynaecology | 20 (8.9%) |
| Ear, Nose, Throat (ENT) | 11 (4.9%) |
| Oncology | 1 (0.4%) |
| Chest | 7 (3.1%) |
| Others | 80 (35.7%) |
| Location | |
| University hospital | 87 (7.5%) |
| Number of beds (mean) | 211 |
| Public hospital | 391 (33.8%) |
| Number of beds (mean) | 214 |
| Private hospital | 169 (14.6%) |
| Number of beds (mean) | 151 |
| Others | 510 (44.1%) |
| Have you previously worked on an infectious diseases ward (either as a junior or senior doctor)? | 305 (26.4%) |