Table 1.

Socio-Demographic Characteristics of the Study Participants

Demographics		Count	%
Total		601	100.0
Gender	Male	493	82.0
	Female	108	18.0
Age	21–26 years	75	12.5
	27–32 years	288	47.9
	> 32 years	238	39.6
Work experience	Pharmacy graduate with no experience	11	1.8
	< 5 years	168	28.0
	5–10 years	216	35.9
	> 10 years	206	34.3
Educational level	Pharmacy student	10	1.7
	Diploma in Pharmacy	24	4.0
	Bachelor of Pharmacy	526	87.5
	Postgraduate studies in Pharmacy	41	6.8
Nature of work	Governmental (Hospital, Health care center etc).	80	13.3
	Private (Community pharmacy, Polyclinics, Pharmaceutical company etc).	499	83.0
	University (Academic)	20	3.3
	Store	1	0.2
	N/A	1	0.2
Location of work in Saudi Arabia	Northern region	56	9.3
	Central region	136	22.6
	Eastern region	69	11.5
	Western region	213	35.4
	Southern region	127	21.1