Research Article
Functional and Spatial Design of Emergency Departments Using Quality Function Deployment
Table 2
Some of the demographic characteristics of respondents.
| Demographic data of respondents (stakeholders) | Valid sample () | No. | % |
| Country they work in | | | KSA | 59 | 54.6 | Egypt | 49 | 45.4 |
| Profession | | | Clinical engineer | 25 | 23.1 | Medical planner | 20 | 18.5 | Nurse/pharmacist | 12 | 11.1 | ED physician | 39 | 36.1 | Non-ED physician | 12 | 11.1 |
| Years of experience within ED | | | None | 14 | 13.0 | <5 | 34 | 31.5 | 5–10 | 44 | 40.7 | 10–15 | 9 | 8.3 | 15+ | 7 | 6.5 |
| Frequency of interaction with patients in the ED | | | Seldom | 31 | 28.7 | On consultation | 31 | 28.7 | Daily | 46 | 42.6 |
| Participation in ED design | | | No | 78 | 72.2 | Yes | 30 | 27.8 |
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