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Table 2 Demographics of participants (N = 30 healthcare workers) who gave interviews.

From: Interviews with Irish healthcare workers from different disciplines about palliative care for people with Parkinson’s disease: a definite role but uncertainty around terminology and timing

Sex

n

 Male

4

 Female

26

Setting

 

 Acute Hospital

17

 Day Hospital

7

 Long term care

4

 Community

1

 Hospice

1

Title

 

 Staff nurse

6

 Clinical Nurse Manager

5

 Consultant Geriatrician

3

 Consultant Neurologist

3

 Clinical Nurse Specialist palliative care

2

 Senior Physiotherapist Care of Elderly

2

 Consultant Palliative Medicine

1

 Consultant Physician

1

 Registrar (Neurology ward)

1

 Clinical Nurse Specialist neurology

1

 Clinical Nurse Specialist elderly care

1

 Advanced Nurse Practitioner Rehab Older Adult

1

 Senior Speech and Language Therapist

1

 Senior Occupational Therapist

1

 Practice Development Facilitator

1

  1. Notes: The average time in their current position was eight years (range 0.5 to 15 years). Participants reported seeing an average of 16 people with PD per month (average range 1 to 100)