Table 1

Selected articles description

Article #	Author/s	Year of publication	Country	Study design	Study setting	Types of participants	Number of participants
29	Shaker et al	2015	Saudi Arabia	Cross-sectional survey	Hospital	Physicians	317
30	El Mahalli	2015	Saudi Arabia	Cross-sectional	Hospital	Nurses	185
31	Khalifa	2013	Saudi Arabia	Cross-sectional	Hospital	Healthcare professionals	158
32	Hasanain et al	2015	Saudi Arabia	Cross-sectional	Hospital	Physicians, nurses, pharmacists, laboratory staff, receptionists, administrators and others	333
33	Asiri et al	2014	Saudi Arabia	Cross-sectional	Hospital	Nurses	333
34	Alzobaidi et al	2016	Saudi Arabia	Cross-sectional	Hospital	Physicians	129
35	Alharthi et al	2014	Saudi Arabia	Cross-sectional	Hospital	Physicians	115
36	Alasmary et al	2014	Saudi Arabia	Cross-sectional	Hospital	Physicians and nurses	112
37	Al-Mujaini et al	2011	Oman	Cross-sectional survey	Hospital	Physicians	141
38	Al Farsi and West	2006	Oman	Survey	Hospital	Physicians	66
39	Alsaleh and Al-Azmi	2008	Kuwait	Cross-sectional	Primary care	Physicians, pharmacists and receptionists	839
40	Al-Azmi et al	2008	Kuwait	Cross-sectional	Primary care	Physicians	321
41	Al Alawi et al	2014	UAE	Cross-sectional	Primary care	Physicians	23
42	Abdulla et al	2016	Bahrain	Cross-sectional	Hospital and primary care	Doctors, nurses, lab specialists, clerk and others	152