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Table 3 Demographic characteristics of participants

From: Exploring medical and nursing students’ perceptions about a patient safety course: a qualitative study

Cohort

Gender, n (%)

Age range (years)

Place of origin, n (%)

Female

Male

Sindh

Punjab

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Balochistan

Gilgit-Baltistan

Islamabad

Outside

Pakistan

Missing

All students 

(n = 577)

438 (75.9)

139 (24.1)

18–27

239 (41.4)

50 (8.7)

96 (16.6)

3

(0.5)

112 (19.4)

18 (3.1)

6

(1.0)

53 (9.2)

Medical students 

(n = 184)

90 (48.9)

94 (51.1)

19–26

97 (52.7)

41 (22.3)

9

(4.9)

2

(1.1)

3

(1.6)

16 (8.7)

4

(2.2)

12 (6.5)

Nursing students 

(n = 393)

348 (88.5)

45 (11.5)

18–27

142 (36.1)

9

(2.3)

87 (22.1)

1

(0.3)

109 (27.7)

2

(0.5)

2

(0.5)

41 (10.4)