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Table 1 Sociodemographic and travel characteristics of participants

From: “Is there a doctor on board?”: willingness and confidence of physicians in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in assisting with in-flight medical emergencies

Variable

Male

Female

Overall

N

(%)

N

(%)

N

(%)

Age (years)

<  30

1311

(51.3)

1179

(58.9)

2490

(54.6)

30–39

663

(25.9)

495

(24.7)

1158

(25.4)

40–49

283

(11.1)

176

(8.8)

459

(10.1)

50–59

213

(8.3)

128

(6.4)

341

(7.5)

≥ 60

87

(3.4)

23

(1.1)

110

(2.4)

Professional Rank

Medical Intern

611

(23.9)

661

31.6

1244

(27.3)

Service Job

254

(9.9)

186

9.3

440

(9.7)

Resident

793

(31.0)

596

29.8

1389

(30.5)

Specialist

431

(16.9)

296

14.8

727

(15.9)

Consultant

468

(18.3)

290

14.5

758

(16.6)

Region of Practice

Eastern Province

558

(21.8)

454

(22.7)

1012

(22.2)

Central Province

859

(33.6)

628

(31.4)

1487

(32.6)

Western Province

157

(6.1)

107

(5.3)

264

(5.8)

Southern Province

735

(28.7)

646

(32.3)

1381

(30.3)

Northern Province

248

(9.7)

166

(8.3)

414

(9.1)

Years of Experience

<  5

1344

(52.6)

1152

(57.6)

2496

(54.8)

5–9

421

(16.5)

363

(18.1)

784

(17.2)

10–15

273

(10.7)

205

(10.2)

478

(10.5)

≥ 15

519

(20.3)

281

(14.0)

800

(17.6)

Board Certificate

Saudi Arabia

1116

(43.6)

860

(43.0)

1976

(43.4)

Arab Country

171

(6.7)

104

(5.2)

275

(6.0)

North America

123

(4.8)

62

(3.1)

185

(4.1)

Europe

121

(4.7)

61

(3.0)

182

(4.0)

Others

73

(2.9)

37

(1.8)

110

(2.4)

Not Applicable

953

(37.3)

877

(43.8)

1830

(40.1)

Travel Frequency

< 1/year

589

(23.0)

522

(26.1)

1111

(24.4)

1/year

566

(22.1)

500

(25.0)

1066

(23.4)

2–3/year

842

(32.9)

625

(31.2)

1467

(32.2)

> 3/year

450

(17.6)

270

(13.5)

720

(15.8)

Monthly

110

(4.3)

84

(4.2)

194

(4.3)

Encountered Inflight Emergencies

Yes

866

(33.9)

650

(32.5)

1516

(33.3)

No

1691

(66.1)

1351

(67.5)

3042

(66.7)

Attended Inflight Emergency Course

Yes

478

(18.7)

437

(21.8)

915

(20.1)

No

2079

(81.3)

1564

(78.2)

3643

(79.9)

Attended Life Support Course

Yes

2255

(88.2)

1787

(89.3)

4042

(88.7)

No

302

(11.8)

213

(10.7)

516

(11.3)

Basic Life Support

Yes

2194

(85.8)

1728

(86.4)

3922

(86.0)

No

363

(14.2)

273

(13.6)

636

(14.0)

Advanced Cardiac Life Support

Yes

1292

(50.6)

775

(38.7)

2068

(45.4)

No

1264

(49.4)

1226

(61.3)

2490

(54.6)

  1. Abbreviations: N: Number of participants