Table 2 Participant demographics (n = 254 unless otherwise stated)
Variables | N | % |
|---|---|---|
Gender | ||
Male | 8 | 3.5% |
Female | 246 | 96.5% |
Age | ||
20-30 years | 123 | 48.2% |
31-40 years | 76 | 30.2% |
41-50 years | 32 | 12.5% |
51-60 years | 19 | 7.5% |
61-64 years | 4 | 1.6% |
65 + years | 0 | 0.0% |
No. of years since graduation | ||
Less than 5 years | 83 | 35.5% |
5-10 years | 73 | 29.0% |
10-20 years | 57 | 22.4% |
More than 20 years | 41 | 16.1% |
Highest level of academic achievement | ||
Bachelor | 148 | 58.4% |
Honours | 42 | 16.5% |
Post graduate certificate/diploma | 9 | 3.5% |
Masters | 46 | 18.0% |
PhD | 9 | 3.5% |
State/Territory of work environment | ||
Australian capital territory | 2 | 0.8% |
New South Wales | 89 | 35.0% |
Northern territory | 3 | 1.2% |
Queensland | 70 | 27.6% |
South Australia | 16 | 6.3% |
Tasmania | 8 | 3.1% |
Victoria | 48 | 18.9% |
Western Australia | 18 | 7.1% |
Work region | ||
Metropolitan | 175 | 68.6% |
Rural | 75 | 29.8% |
Remote | 4 | 1.6% |
Work environment | ||
Government | 227 | 89.0% |
Non-profit organisation | 8 | 3.5% |
Private practice | 9 | 3.5% |
University | 5 | 2.0% |
Other | 5 | 2.0% |
Clinical continuum of care setting (n = 106) | ||
Acute setting | 27 | 25.5% |
Inpatient setting | 30 | 28.3% |
Outpatient setting | 12 | 11.3% |
Community setting | 15 | 14.2% |
Residential care setting | 1 | 0.9% |
Combination of above | 21 | 19.8% |
Multidisciplinary team | ||
Members of a multidisciplinary team | 245 | 96.5% |
Not members of a multidisciplinary team | 9 | 3.5% |
Dedicated stroke unit team | ||
Members of a multidisciplinary team who were part of a dedicated stroke unit team | 99 | 40.2% |
Members of a multidisciplinary team who were not part of a dedicated stroke unit team | 146 | 59.8% |
Years working with neurogenic communication disorders | ||
1-5 years | 115 | 45.5% |
6-10 years | 63 | 24.7% |
11-15 years | 32 | 12.5% |
16-20 years | 22 | 8.6% |
More than 20 years | 22 | 8.6% |
Approximate percentage of caseload that contains people who have had a stroke | ||
Less than 5% | 15 | 5.9% |
5% | 10 | 3.9% |
10% | 17 | 6.7% |
30% | 49 | 19.3% |
50% | 63 | 24.8% |
75% | 84 | 33.1% |
100% | 16 | 6.3% |