Perception and Attitude of Emergency Room Resident Physicians toward Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Outbreak

Table 1

The participants’ demographic characteristics.

	(%)
Age (years)	27 (26–29)
Sex
Male	61 (65)
Female	33 (35)
Marital status
Unmarried	59 (63)
Married	35 (37)
Training level
R1	44 (46.8)
R2	14 (14.9)
R3	19 (20.2)
R4	17 (18.1)
Knowledge of MERS-CoV
Inadequate	53 (56)
Adequate	41 (44)
Provided care to a MERS patient
No	35 (37)
Yes	59 (63)

MERS: Middle East respiratory syndrome; MERS-CoV: Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus. R1: first year resident; R2: second year resident; R3: third year residents; R4: fourth year resident.