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Table 1 Characteristics of the staff in intervention and control group (n = 365)

From: Evaluation of person-centeredness in nursing homes after a palliative care intervention: pre- and post-test experimental design

Background variable

Intervention group (n 167)

Control group (n 198)

Age

 median year (range)

47 (21–66)

49 (21–65)

Sex

 Men/Women (number)

10/157

9/189

Working experience

 median year (range)

11 (0–44)

14 (0–41)

Profession (n/%)

 Assistant nurse

151/90

179/90

 Registered nurse

8/5

8/4

 Occupational therapist

2/1

2/1

 Physiotherapist

1/0.5

3/2

 Frontline managers

5/3

6/3

Experience in general palliative care

 yes (n/%)

154/92

188/95

Experience in specialist palliative care

 yes (n/%)

21/13

20/10