Table 1.
Demographic and Practice Characteristics of the Study Participants
| Variable | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Occupation | ||
| Intensive care unit physician | 58 | 21.8% |
| Non-intensive care unit physician | 208 | 78.2% |
| Primary area of practice (more than one answer could be chosen) | ||
| Internal medicine | 67 | 25.2% |
| Surgery / trauma | 62 | 23.3% |
| Paediatrics | 34 | 12.8% |
| Intensive care medicine | 31 | 11.7% |
| Family medicine | 27 | 10.2% |
| Emergency medicine | 25 | 9.4% |
| Anaesthesiology | 18 | 6.8% |
| Cardiology | 18 | 6.8% |
| Obstetrics and gynecology | 16 | 6.0% |
| Level of experience? | ||
| Consultant | 110 | 41.4% |
| Resident | 72 | 27.1% |
| Intern | 34 | 12.8% |
| Registrar | 21 | 7.9% |
| Senior Registrar | 19 | 7.1% |
| Fellow | 10 | 3.8% |
| Duration of experience (since first graduating as a doctor)? | ||
| Less than 5 years | 110 | 41.4% |
| 5 to 10 years | 53 | 19.9% |
| 10 to 15 years | 56 | 21.1% |
| More than 15 years | 47 | 17.7% |
| Managing patients in an intensive care unit? | ||
| No | 123 | 46.2% |
| Yes | 143 | 53.8% |
| Type of your intensive care unit (more than one answer could be chosen)? (n= 157) | ||
| Medical + surgical | 78 | 49.7% |
| Medical | 47 | 29.9% |
| Trauma | 46 | 29.3% |
| Surgical | 33 | 21.0% |
| Neurosurgical | 32 | 20.4% |
| Burns | 27 | 17.2% |
| Cardiac | 27 | 17.2% |
| Paediatric | 22 | 14.0% |
| What kind of surgery do you perform most frequently (for surgeon) (More than one answer could be chosen)? | ||
| General surgery | 21 | 7.9% |
| Urology | 13 | 4.9% |
| Trauma surgery | 12 | 4.5% |
| Obstetrics and gynaecology | 11 | 4.1% |
| Orthopaedic surgery | 9 | 3.4% |
| Cardiothoracic surgery | 7 | 2.6% |
| Neurosurgery | 6 | 2.3% |
| Hepatobiliary surgery | 4 | 1.5% |
| Vascular surgery | 3 | 1.1% |
| Colorectal surgery | 1 | 0.4% |
| Not applicable | 179 | 67.3% |
| Working settings | ||
| Ministry of Health hospital | 81 | 30.5% |
| University hospital | 54 | 20.3% |
| Armed Forces Hospital | 34 | 12.8% |
| National Guard Hospital | 31 | 11.7% |
| Private sector hospitals | 29 | 10.9% |
| King Fahad Medical City | 17 | 6.4% |
| Security Forces Hospital | 14 | 5.3% |
| King Faisal Specialist Hospital | 6 | 2.3% |
| Number of ICU beds in your hospital | ||
| Less than 10 beds | 20 | 7.5% |
| 10 to 20 beds | 51 | 19.2% |
| 20–50 beds | 97 | 36.5% |
| More than 50 beds | 98 | 36.8% |
Abbreviation: ICU, intensive care unit.