Table 1 ^aSocio-demographic characteristics, professional rank and workload of 203 clinicians in ICUs, PICUs, and NCUs in public secondary care hospitals in Kuwait, 2013

Age^b (years)

Mean (standard deviation)

39.1 (8.7)

Gender

n (%)

 Male

155 (76.4)

Nationality

n (%)

 Kuwaiti

30 (14.8)

 Non-Kuwaiti: Arab

131 (64.5)

 Non-Kuwaiti: Non-Arab

42 (20.7)

Professional rank

n (%)

 Consultant/senior specialist/specialist/senior registrar

67 (33.0)

 Registrar

120 (59.1)

 Assistant registrar/trainee

16 (7.9)

Number of patients examined per day

n (%)

 Less than 10

126 (62.0)

 10 to 15

42 (20.7)

 More than 15

35 (17.3)