Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of consultant and resident surgeons (n=243)
Study data | Surgeon | P-value § | |
|---|---|---|---|
Consultants N (%) (n = 47) | Residents N (%) (n = 196) | ||
Age group | |||
• < 25 years | 02 (04.3%) | 52 (26.5%) | |
• 25–35 years | 10 (21.3%) | 135 (68.9%) | < 0.001 ** |
• > 35 years | 35 (74.5%) | 09 (04.6%) | |
Gender | |||
• Male | 25 (53.2%) | 108 (55.1%) | 0.813 |
• Female | 22 (46.8%) | 88 (44.9%) | |
Nationality | |||
• Saudi | 45 (95.7%) | 189 (96.4%) | 0.824 |
• Non-Saudi | 02 (04.3%) | 07 (03.6%) | |
Marital status | |||
• Prefer not to answer | 05 (10.6%) | 05 (02.6%) | |
• Single | 04 (08.5%) | 135 (68.9%) | < 0.001 ** |
• Married | 34 (72.3%) | 51 (26.0%) | |
• Divorced | 04 (08.5%) | 05 (02.6%) | |
Region of residence | |||
• Central region | 10 (21.3%) | 27 (13.8%) | |
• Eastern region | 12 (25.5%) | 41 (20.9%) | |
• Western region | 19 (40.4%) | 61 (31.1%) | 0.069 |
• Northern region | 04 (08.5%) | 37 (18.9%) | |
• Southern region | 02 (04.3%) | 30 (15.3%) | |
Working hospital | |||
• Primary hospital | 08 (17.0%) | 18 (09.2%) | |
• Secondary hospital | 21 (44.7%) | 81 (41.3%) | 0.194 |
• Tertiary hospital | 18 (38.3%) | 97 (49.5%) | |
Years of working as a physician | |||
• ≤ 5 years | 02 (04.3%) | 158 (80.6%) | |
• 6–10 years | 18 (38.3%) | 27 (13.8%) | < 0.001 ** |
• > 10 years | 27 (57.4%) | 11 (05.6%) | |