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Table 2 Characteristics of Study Participants (no. = 902)

From: Which medical error to disclose to patients and by whom? Public preference and perceptions of norm and current practice

Age-mean (SD), yr

33.9 (10)

Gender-no. (%)

 

   Male

425 (47)

   Female

477(53)

Nationality-no. (%)

 

   Saudi

810 (90)

   Non-Saudi Arabs*

92 (10)

Education Level-no. (%)

 

   Illiterate

46 (5)

   Primary School

30 (3)

   Intermediate School

75 (8)

   Secondary School

199 (22)

   College

159 (18)

   University

392 (43)

Occupation-no. (%)

 

   Employed

438 (49)

   Student

142 (16)

   Housewife

267 (30)

   Unemployed

54 (6)

Chronic Illness-no. (%)

 

   Present

333 (37)

   Not present

569 (63)

  1. *Egyptian, Syrian, Lebanese, Yemeni, Sudanese.