Evaluation of Paediatric Critical Care Needs and Practice in Nigeria: Paediatric Residents’ Perspective

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of the study participants (N = 143).

Characteristics	Frequency, n	Percentage
Gender
Male	53	37.1
Female	90	62.9
Status
Registrar	102	72.9
Senior registrar	35	25.0
Others	3	2.1
Residency duration (years)
< 2	80	56.7
2–4	29	20.6
˃4–6	32	22.7
Current institution
Federal	124	86.7
State	16	11.2
Private/mission	3	2.1
Designation of institution
University teaching hospital	88	62.0
Federal medical centre	46	32.4
Others	8	5.6
Location of institution
North-central	21	14.9
North-east	10	7.1
North-west	21	14.9
South-south	44	31.2
South-west	26	18.4
South-east	19	13.5
ICU facility available
PICU	17	12.1
Adult ICU	53	37.9
General/mixed ICU	62	44.3
None	8	5.7
Certification
No	66	54.5
Yes	55	45.5
Type of certification
BLS	53	79.1
PALS	8	11.9
Others	6	9.0

Percentages are denominated on a total number of respondents per variable (N ≤ 143).