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Table 2 Demographics of survey participants

From: Experiences of general practitioners, home care nurses, physiotherapists and seniors involved in a multidisciplinary home-based fall prevention programme: a mixed method study

 

Seniors (n = 17)

GPs (n = 25)

HCNs (n = 12)

Age (in years): mean (SD)

79.7 (6.2)

44.2 (9.1)

53.9 (9.8)

Gender n (%)

 Female

13 (76.5 %)

 7 (17.5 %)

11 (91.7 %)

 Male

 4 (23.5 %)

33 (82.5 %)

 1 ( 8.3 %)

Area

 Urban

4 (23.5 %)

12 (30 %)

4 (16 %)

 Rural

13 (76.5 %)

28 (70 %)

8 (32 %)

Practice (in years): mean (SD)

NA

10.8 (8.2)

18.6 (11.1)

  1. GP general practitioner, HCN home care nurse, PT physiotherapist, NA not available/applicable, SD standard deviation