Table 2 Characteristics of participants
1st focus group | 2nd focus group | 3rd focus group | Focus group participants in summary | Online survey participants | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of participants; n | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 76 | |
Duration; minutes | 107 | 105 | 103 | 315 | - | |
Gender; n (%) | Female | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 58 (76.3) |
Male | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 (18.4) | |
n/a | - | - | - | - | 4 (5.3) | |
Age; years | Mean (Min, Max) | 51.2 (48, 57) | 47.3 (45, 50) | 57.7 (52, 68) | 53.1 (45, 68) | 49.5 (31, 69) |
Profession; n (%) | Nurse | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 42 (55.3) |
Physician | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 24 (31.6) | |
Administrator | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 (7.9) | |
Othera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (5.3) | |
Work experience; years | Mean (Min, Max) | 5.6 (2, 10) | 10.3 (9, 12) | 7.8 (5, 11) | 7.6 (2, 12) | 6.6 (1, 15) |
Geographic location; n (%) | Urban | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 22 (29) |
Suburban | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 28 (36.8) | |
Rural | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 26 (34.2) |