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Table 1 Demographic information for study participants who provided a free text response to Question 1 and/or Question 2*

From: Strategies for effective goals of care discussions and decision-making: perspectives from a multi-centre survey of Canadian hospital-based healthcare providers

Respondents

Nurses

Residents

Attending physicians

(n = 272)

(n = 153)

(n = 43)

Age (years)

Mean ± SD (n)

36.3 ± 10.5 (255)

27.7 ± 3.0 (151)

46.3 ± 11.1 (42)

Sex

Male

21 (7.7 %)

92 (60.1 %)

25 (58.1 %)

Female

249 (91.5 %)

61 (39.9 %)

17 (39.5 %)

Missing

2 (0.7 %)

0

1 (2.3 %)

Years worked in practice

Mean ± SD (n)

8.8 ± 8.9 (263)

n/a

14.2 ± 10.3 (41)

Basic clinical (MD or nursing) education completed in Canada

(n)

238 (87.5 %)

138 (90.2 %)

37 (86.0 %)

Previous communication skills training

No

234 (86.0 %)

98 (64.1 %)

34 (79.1 %)

Yes

33 (12.1 %)

53 (34.6 %)

9 (20.9 %)

Missing

5 (1.8 %)

2 (1.3 %)

0 (0.0 %)

  1. *Not all participants provided all demographic information