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Table 1 Participants‘ demographics

From: Interprofessional collaboration in the home care setting: perspectives of people receiving home care, relatives, nurses, general practitioners, and therapists—results of a qualitative analysis

Variables

PRHC*

(n = 20)

Relatives

(n = 21)

Nurses

(n = 17)

GPs

(n = 14)

Therapists**

(n = 21)

Gender

Female (n = 14)

Male (n = 6)

Female (n = 16)

Male (n = 5)

Female (n = 13)

Male (n = 4)

Female (n = 9)

Male (n = 5)

Female (n = 15)

Male (n = 6)

Age (years)

31–99

36–87

26–61

36–69

25–60

Residence

Rural (n = 13)

Urban (n = 7)

Rural (n = 7)

Urban (n = 14)

Rural (n = 4)

Urban (n = 13)

Rural (n = 8)

Urban (n = 6)

Rural (n = 4)**

Urban (n = 16)****

Relation

to PRHC

 

Partner (n = 10)

Mother (n = 8)

Father (n = 1)

Son (n = 1)

Others (n = 1)

   

Care***

provision by

Relatives (n = 11)

Nurses (n = 19)

GP (n = 6)

Nurses (n = 20)

GP (n = 6)

Therapists**(n = 22)

   

Care level*

2 (n = 11)

3 (n = 5)

4 (n = 2)

5 (n = 2)

2 (n = 2)

3 (n = 3)

4 (n = 10)

5 (n = 6)

   

Work experience (years)

Mean (years)

  

2–30

7.75

7–42

19.75

2–29

12.86

Home visits

per week (number)

  

1-100

0–10

1–50

  1. *classification 2 to 5, minimal to the most serious impairment of independence or ability, ** physio/occupational/ speech therapists; ***multiple answers possible; ****missing answer