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Table 2 Willingness and confidence of participants to provide care in in-flight emergencies according to sociodemographic and travel profiles

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

High Willingness

P value

High Confidence

P value

N

(%)

N

(%)

Age (years)

<  30

214

(8.6)

< 0.01

314

(12.6)

< 0.01

30–39

128

(11.1)

191

(16.5)

40–49

57

(12.4)

109

(23.7)

50–59

60

(17.6)

84

(24.6)

≥ 60

25

(22.7)

19

(17.3)

Gender

Male

326

(12.7)

< 0.01

468

(18.3)

< 0.01

Female

158

(7.9)

249

(12.4)

Professional Rank

Medical Intern

218

(8.7)

< 0.01

165

(13.3)

< 0.01

Service Job

79

(10.1)

78

(17.7)

Resident

63

(13.2)

198

(14.3)

Specialist

33

(11.0)

137

(18.8)

Consultant

91

(18.2)

139

(18.3)

Region of Practice

Eastern Province

98

(9.7)

0.01

110

(10.9)

< 0.01

Central Province

189

(12.7)

287

(19.3)

Western Province

29

(11.0)

39

(14.8)

Southern Province

121

(8.8)

205

(14.8)

Northern Province

47

(11.4)

76

(18.4)

Years of Experience

<  5

120

(7.4)

< 0.01

303

(12.1)

< 0.01

5–9

188

(12.8)

130

(16.6)

10–15

105

(13.3)

103

(21.5)

≥ 15

191

(17.9)

181

(47.1)

Board Certificate

Saudi Arabia

213

(10.8)

< 0.01

291

(14.7)

< 0.01

Arab Country

52

(18.9)

48

(17.5)

North America

29

(15.7)

44

(23.8)

Europe

35

(19.2)

40

(22.0)

Others

15

(13.6)

37

(33.6)

Not Applicable

140

(7.7)

257

(14.0)

Travel Frequency

< 1/year

69

(6.2)

< 0.01

194

(17.5)

0.04

1/year

116

(10.9)

150

(14.1)

2–3/year

167

(11.4)

210

(14.3)

> 3/year

100

(13.9)

130

(18.1)

Monthly

32

(16.5)

33

(17.0)

Encountered Inflight Emergencies

Yes

220

(14.5)

< 0.01

346

(22.8)

< 0.01

No

264

(8.7)

371

(12.2)

Attended Inflight Emergency Course

Yes

101

(11.0)

0.65

315

(34.4)

< 0.01

No

383

(10.5)

402

(11.0)

Attended Life Support Course

Yes

459

(11.4)

< 0.01

587

(14.5)

< 0.01

No

25

(4.8)

130

(25.2)

BLS Course

Yes

444

(11.3)

< 0.01

589

(15.0)

< 0.01

No

40

(6.3)

128

(20.1)

ACLS Course

Yes

296

(14.3)

< 0.01

423

(20.5)

< 0.01

No

188

(7.6)

294

(11.8)

  1. Abbreviations: N: Number of participants; BLS: basic life support; ACLS: advanced cardiac lift support