Barriers and enablers to the provision and receipt of preoperative pelvic floor muscle training for men having radical prostatectomy: a qualitative study

Table 1 Participant characteristics

Participant group		Total	Private sector	Public sector
Referrers	Urological cancer surgeons	3	3^a	3^a
	Urological cancer nurses	5	3	2
	General practitioners	3	2^b	3
Providers	Physiotherapists (overall)	10	5	5
	Inpatient setting (urology and/or continence)		4^c	3^c
	Outpatient setting (general and/or continence)		4^c	4^c
	Continence nurses	4	0	4
Patients		13	10	3

^aAll urological cancer surgeons maintained private and public hospital appointments.
^bTwo general practitioners maintained a private hospital appointment.
^cThree private sector physiotherapists and one public sector physiotherapist maintained both inpatient and outpatient roles.

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