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Table 1 Socio-demographic and professional characteristics of the participants

From: An assessment for diagnostic and therapeutic modalities for management of pediatric Iron defficiency Anemia in Saudi Arabia: a crossectional study

Characteristic

 

N

%

Age, Median (Q1-Q3)

 

39.0

[28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46]

Gender

F

73.0

49.7

M

74.0

50.3

Professional Qualification

GP

50.0

34.0

Family medicine

12.0

8.2

Pediatrician

77.0

52.4

Pediatric Hematologist

8.0

5.4

Professional Rank

Assistant Consultant

22.0

15.0

Associate Consultant

6.0

4.1

Consultant

36.0

24.5

staff physician

48.0

32.7

Resident

33.0

22.4

Type of current work setting

Primary Care

71.0

48.3

Tertiary Care

76.0

51.7

Years in practice since fellowship

0–5 years

58.0

39.5

6–10 years

29.0

19.7

11–15 years

16.0

10.9

> 15 years

27.0

18.4

No. of co-worker pediatricians

1–2 physicians

47.0

32.0

3–5 physicians

19.0

12.9

6–10 physicians

7.0

4.8

>  10 physicians

74.0

50.3

Availability of fellowship program at work place

No

55.0

37.4

Yes

89.0

60.5