Table 1 Socio–demographic characteristics of the respondents
Age | < 35 | N (%) | 22 (28.6%) | Mean | 2.4 |
35–40 | N (%) | 19 (24.7%) | Median | 2 | |
40–55 | N (%) | 23 (29.9%) | SD | 1.17 | |
55–65 | N (%) | 9 (11.7%) | |||
> 65 | N (%) | 4 (5.2%) | |||
N total | 77 | ||||
Gender | Male | N (%) | 59 (76.6%) | Mean | 1.8 |
Female | N (%) | 18 (23.4%) | Median | 2 | |
N total | 77 | SD | 0.487 | ||
Function | Cardiologist | N (%) | 45 (57.7%) | Mean | 2.17 |
Cardiac surgeon | N (%) | 8 (10.3%) | Median | 1 | |
Manager | N (%) | 4 (5.1%) | SD | 1.6 | |
Cardiology fellow | N (%) | 9 (11.5%) | |||
MD | N (%) | 11 (14.1%) | |||
Others | N (%) | 1 (1.3%) | |||
N total | 78 | ||||
Education | Lebanon | N (%) | 33 (53.2%) | Mean | 1.85 |
US | N (%) | 5 (8.1%) | Median | 1 | |
EU | N (%) | 19 (30.6%) | SD | 1.16 | |
Others | N (%) | 5 (8.1%) | |||
N total | 62 | ||||
Work Location | Rural | N (%) | 27 (37%) | Mean | 1.65 |
Urban | N (%) | 44 (60.3%) | Median | 2 | |
Both | N (%) | 2 (2.7%) | SD | 0.532 | |
N total | 73 | ||||
Place of graduation | Lebanon | N (%) | 48 (62.3%) | Mean | 1.85 |
US | N (%) | 2 (2.6%) | Median | 1 | |
EU | N (%) | 17 (22.1%) | SD | 1.16 | |
Others | N (%) | 10 (13%) | |||
N total | 77 | ||||
Work location office | Hospital settings | N (%) | 49 (66.2%) | Mean | 1.59 |
Private office | N (%) | 6 (8.1%) | Median | 1 | |
Both | N (%) | 19 (25.7%) | SD | 0.87 | |
N total | 74 | ||||
Number of Years of practice | < 5 | N (%) | 22 (28.6%) | Mean | 2.59 |
10-May | N (%) | 12 (15.6%) | Median | 3 | |
15-Oct | N (%) | 42 (54.5%) | SD | 1.22 | |
> 15 | N (% | 1 (1.3%) | |||
N total | 77 |