Table 1: Demographic and background characteristics of study sample.

Variable Category No. %
Age 20-30 129 38.2
31-40 113 33.4
41-50 57 16.9
50+ 39 11.5
Gender Male 208 61.5
Female 130 38.5
Nationality Saudi 142 42.0
Non-Saudi 196 58.0
Dental specialty General practitioners 183 54.1
Specialists 155 45.9
Working sector Government 116 34.3
Private 184 54.4
Both 38 11.2
Location of practice North of Riyadh 66 19.5
East of Riyadh 173 51.2
South of Riyadh 75 22.2
West of Riyadh 24 7.1
Monthly income Less than SR15,000 79 23.4
SR15,000-SR20,000 114 33.7
SR20,000-SR25,000 65 19.2
More than SR25,000 80 23.7
Hours of working per week Less than 20 hours 9 2.7
20-40 hours 130 38.5
41-50 hours 146 43.2
More than 50 hours 53 15.7