Table 1 Characteristics of the study participants in relation to the composites scores of practicability, design, data and communication, technical support, and general impression, KSA, 2016
Socio-demographic | n | Composite practicability score | Composite design score | Composite data and communication score | Composite technical support scale | Composite impression scale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | ||||||
< 30 | 107 | 3.71 ± 0.69 | 3.74 ± 0.77 | 3.63 ± 0.67 | 3.34 ± 0.74 | 4.00 ± 0.69 |
30–50 | 330 | 3.62 ± 0.69 | 3.58 ± 0.74 | 3.55 ± 0.69 | 3.28 ± 0.72 | 3.96 ± 0.71 |
> 50 | 48 | 3.65 ± 0.60 | 3.34 ± 0.74 | 3.60 ± 0.54 | 3.25 ± 0.57 | 3.98 ± 0.65 |
p value† | 0.792 | 0.045* | 0.909 | 0.642 | 0.726 | |
Gender | ||||||
Male | 278 | 3.57 ± 0.73 | 3.54 ± 0.78 | 3.50 ± 0.71 | 3.23 ± 0.74 | 3.95 ± 0.73 |
Female | 207 | 3.74 ± 0.61 | 3.76 ± 0.65 | 3.68 ± 0.60 | 3.37 ± 0.66 | 3.99 ± 0.66 |
p value! | 0.031* | 0.002* | 0.003* | 0.045* | 0.173 | |
Nationality | ||||||
Saudi | 213 | 3.56 ± 0.75 | 3.50 ± 0.84 | 3.49 ± 0.75 | 3.11 ± 0.77 | 3.93 ± 0.79 |
Arab | 132 | 3.60 ± 0.60 | 3.63 ± 0.65 | 3.53 ± 0.60 | 3.34 ± 0.63 | 4.00 ± 0.65 |
Non-Arab | 140 | 3.81 ± 0.62 | 3.84 ± 0.56 | 3.74 ± 0.57 | 3.52 ± 0.62 | 4.00 ± 0.59 |
p value† | 0.006* | 0.001* | < 0.001* | < 0.001* | 0.587 | |
Education | ||||||
Graduate degree | 372 | 3.68 ± 0.70 | 3.66 ± 0.75 | 3.62 ± 0.68 | 3.29 ± 0.73 | 3.99 ± 0.71 |
Post graduate | 113 | 3.51 ± 0.63 | 3.53 ± 0.67 | 3.44 ± 0.60 | 3.29 ± 0.67 | 3.90 ± 0.65 |
p value! | 0.014* | 0.038* | 0.006* | 0.984 | 0.015 | |
Current work specialty | ||||||
Administration | 106 | 3.70 ± 0.67 | 3.68 ± 0.64 | 3.59 ± 0.61 | 3.37 ± 0.66 | 3.96 ± 0.73 |
Clinical | 141 | 3.66 ± 0.65 | 3.73 ± 0.64 | 3.65 ± 0.58 | 3.35 ± 0.67 | 3.92 ± 0.61 |
Public health | 238 | 3.60 ± 0.71 | 3.55 ± 0.81 | 3.52 ± 0.74 | 3.21 ± 0.76 | 4.00 ± 0.73 |
p value† | 0.662 | 0.118 | 0.227 | 0.133 | 0.516 | |
Surveillance experience | ||||||
Yes | 323 | 3.66 ± 0.68 | 3.64 ± 0.75 | 3.58 ± 0.68 | 3.30 ± 0.70 | 3.98 ± 0.71 |
No | 162 | 3.61 ± 0.69 | 3.62 ± 0.70 | 3.56 ± 0.65 | 3.26 ± ± 0.73 | 3.95 ± 0.68 |
p value! | 0.359 | 0.642 | 0.457 | 0.449 | 0.458 | |
Electronic surveillance | ||||||
Yes | 115 | 3.59 ± 0.77 | 3.53 ± 0.83 | 3.51 ± 0.77 | 3.35 ± 0.65 | 3.88 ± 0.76 |
No | 370 | 3.66 ± 0.65 | 3.66 ± 0.70 | 3.60 ± 0.63 | 3.27 ± 0.73 | 4.00 ± 0.68 |
p value! | 0.68 | 0.195 | 0.375 | 0.291 | 0.134 | |
Use frequency | ||||||
More frequently per day/week | 396 | 3.72 ± 0.64 | 3.68 ± 0.71 | 3.63 ± 0.66 | 3.33 ± 0.7 | 3.86 ± .68 |
Once a week or month | 89 | 3.3 ± 0.76 | 3.4 ± 0.78 | 3.35 ± 0.66 | 3.1 ± 0.72 | 3.57 ± 0.71 |
p value! | < 0.001* | 0.003* | < 0.001* | 0.015* | < 0.001* | |