Table 2 Characteristics of health professionals interviewed
Profession (Number in brackets) | Working place (Number in brackets) | Participation in | Professional experience [years] | Experience with MS [years] | Gender * (Number in brackets) | Age [years] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nurses (7) | MS outpatients (2) | First focus group | Range: 15 - 28 | Range: 0,5 - 20 | Female (6) | Range: 35 - 57 |
Specialized MS clinic, inpatient (5) | Third focus group | Mean: 23 (1 Missing data) | Mean: 11,4 | Male (1) | Mean: 46 | |
Social workers (3) | Clinic for neurology and psychiatry (1) | First focus group | Range: 28 - 30 | Range: 10 - 30 | Female (2) | Range: 47 - 52 |
Specialized MS clinic (1) | Interview | Mean: 29 | Mean: 22,3 | Male (1) | Mean: 49,3 | |
Palliative care unit (1) | Interview | |||||
Physicians (13) | Neurologists in own practice (6) | Second focus group | Range: 6,5 – 30 | Range: 6,5 – 30 | Female (5) | Range: 35 - 59 |
General practitioners in own practice (2), one of them additionally nursing home doctor | With each interview | Mean: 18,7 (1 Missing data) | Mean: 16,9 | Male (8) | Mean: 46,8 (1 Missing data) | |
Clinic neurologists | With each interview | |||||
- Specialized MS clinic (2) | ||||||
- General neurology clinic (3) |