Demographic Characteristics of the Respondents
4.2.1 Number of Study Respondents
Figure 4 shows the distribution of the respondents in the ED.
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Figure 4 Number of Respondents
Out of staff targeted in a complete enumeration of healthcare workers in the emergency
departments, 120 completed the questionnaires. Of the nurses that completed the questionnaire,
70 were from Accident & Emergency Department while 9 were from Pediatric Emergency Unit.
Doctors (n=28) and Medical Social Workers (n=8) were all from Accident and Emergency,
while the 5 clinical officers that responded were from Pediatric Emergency Unit. No pharmacist
completed the questionnaire as shown in Figure 4.
Age, Gender, and Educational Levels
Table 3 outlines the frequency in age, gender, and levels of education of the respondents.
Table Age, Gender, and Educational Levels of Education of Respondents
Frequency (n) Percentage (%)
Age group Below 30 Years 18 15
31 - 40 Years 41 34
41 - 50 Years 40 33
51 - 60 Years 21 18
Gender Male 44 37
Female 76 63
Highest level of formal Diploma/Higher Diploma 69 58
education Undergraduate degree 42 35
Postgraduate degree 9 8
Table 3 shows the age, gender and educational levels. Among the respondents, 34% (n =41) were
aged between 31 and 40 years, 33% (n =40) were aged between 41 and 50 years, while 15% (n
=18) were aged below 30 years. The majority of the respondents were female 63% (n =76) and
most, 58% (n =69) had diploma or higher diploma as their highest formal education level.
Marital status, Number of Children and Religious Affiliation
Table 4 shows the socio-demographic distribution of the respondents based on marital status,
number of children and religious affiliation.
Table 4 Marital Status, Number of Children, and Religious Affiliation
Frequency (n) Percentage (%)
Marital status Single 31 26
Married 70 58
Divorced 3 2
Widowed 7 6
Never Married 9 8
Number of children None 26 22
1 - 3 Children 78 65
Above 3 Years 16 13
Religion Christian 114 95
Muslim 3 3
Atheist 2 2
Table 4 presented the additional demographic distribution of the respondents. The results showed
that 58% (n =69) of the respondents were married, and 65% (n =78) had 1 to 3 children. Almost
all, 95% (n =114) of the respondents were Christians.
Work Related Characteristics
The work-related characteristics of the respondents is outlined in Table 5.
Table 5 Work-Related Characteristics among Respondents
Workplace characteristics Frequency (n) Percentage (%)
Cadre of the respondents Nurse 79 66
Doctor 28 23
Medical Social worker 8 7
Clinical officers 5 4
Job grading Job group K7 to K10 75 63
Job group K6 and above 29 24
Locum 16 13
Work station Accident and Emergency 104 87
Pediatric emergency 16 13
Years of experience Less than two years 15 13
2 - 5 years 36 30
Above five years 69 57
