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Table 1 Characteristics of the surgical residents who participated in the survey (n = 118)a

From: Patient handoffs among general surgery residents in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study

Characteristic

n (%)

Sex a

  Male

49 (42.6%)

  Female

66 (57.3%)

Age (Median in years)

28

Year of internship completion

Before 2014

12 (10.7%)

  2014

6 (5.4%)

  2015

12(10.7%)

  2016

16(14.2%)

  2017

27(24.1%)

  2018

14(12.5%)

  2019

25(22.3%)

Region

  Northern region

0 (0%)

  Southern region

0(0%)

  Central region

13(11.4%)

  Eastern region

4(3.51%)

  Western region

97 (85%)

Type of hospital

  University hospital

13(11.2%)

  Private hospital

26(22.4%)

  Ministry of Health hospital

49(42.2%)

  National guard/armed forces hospital

20(17.2%)

  King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center

4(3.4%)

  Other

4(3.4%)

Level of training

  PGY1

28(24.5%)

  PGY2

17(14.9%)

  PGY3

19(16.6%)

  PGY4

19(16.6%)

  PGY5

31(27.1%)

Residents’ level of satisfaction for patient handoffs

  Very satisfied

6(6.6%)

  Satisfied

37(41.1%)

  Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied

30(33.3%)

  Dissatisfied

11(12.2%)

  Very dissatisfied

6(6.6%)

  1. aSome of the participants skipped some of the questions, which led to the discrepancy between the total number of residents and the total number of responses