Demographics of the participants.
| Variables | Frequency (n) | Percentage (%) | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | Male | 111 | 55.5 | 0.002 |
| Female | 89 | 44.5 | ||
| Age (years) | 20–30 | 112 | 56.0 | 0.024 |
| 31–40 | 72 | 36.0 | ||
| 41–50 | 12 | 6.0 | ||
| ≥ 51 | 4 | 2.0 | ||
| Nationality | Pakistan | 190 | 95.0 | 0.001 |
| Non-Pakistani | 10 | 5.0 | ||
| Professional ranking | Consultant | 45 | 22.5 | 0.004 |
| Registrar | 13 | 6.5 | ||
| Resident | 108 | 54.0 | ||
| Medical officer | 34 | 17.0 | ||
| Type of practice | Public hospital | 191 | 95.5 | 0.330 |
| Academic hospital or primarily research | 9 | 4.5 | ||
| Type of area your patients are from | Urban | 52 | 26.0 | 0.045 |
| Suburban or rural | 121 | 60.5 | ||
| Mixture of both | 27 | 13.5 | ||
| Years of experience in the field of psychiatry | Less than 5 | 136 | 68.0 | 0.001 |
| 5–10 | 47 | 23.5 | ||
| 11–15 | 10 | 5.0 | ||
| Above 15 | 7 | 3.5 | ||
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MMAR: Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing. TA: Data curation, Investigation, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing. MH: Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing. HT: Investigation, Validation, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing. RF: Investigation, Validation, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing. IS: Methodology, Software, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing. FAN: Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing—review & editing. All authors read and approved the submitted version.
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