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Table 2 Frequencies and distributions for staff, managers, and study participants: A. Staff and managers in the intensive care unit (female/male gender distribution within parentheses). B. Study participants by data set (female/male gender distribution within parentheses). C. Summary of study participants by occupation (female/male gender distribution and median values within parentheses)

From: Struggling for a feasible tool – the process of implementing a clinical pathway in intensive care: a grounded theory study

 

Registered nurses

Assistant nurses

Anesthesi-ologists

Physio-therapists

First- and second-line managers

Total

A. Staff and managers in the ICU

 Project start

28 (26/2)

26 (26/−)

6 (2/4)

1 (1/−)

2 (1/1)

63 (57/6)

 One-year follow-up

23 (20/3)

27 (25/2)

12 (6/6)

1 (1/−)

2 (1/1)

65 (53/12)a

B. Study participants by data set

 Project phases 1–4:

  Core project group – logbooks, focus groups and individual interviews

4 (4/−)b

1 (1/−)

1 (−/1)

1 (1/−)

 

7 (6/1)

 Project phase 2:

  Managers – individual interviews

    

2 (1/1)

2 (1/1)

  Staff – focus group interviews

16 (14/2)

13 (13/−)

4 (1/3)

  

33 (28/5)

 Project phase 4:

  Managers – individual interviews

    

2 (1/1)

2 (1/1)

  Staff – focus group interviews

12 (10/2)

7 (7/−)

6 (2/4)

  

25 (19/6)

  Staff – questionnaire

20 (17/3)

18 (16/2)

6 (3/3)

  

44 (36/8)

C. Study participants by occupation

31 (27/4)

26 (24/2)

11 (5/6)

1 (1/−)

2 (1/1)

71 (58/13)c

 Age, years (median)d

29–64 (52)

24–64 (46)

27–66 (52)

  

27–66 (51)

 Years in occupation (median)d

2–40 (24)

1–40 (20)

1–38 (22)

  

1–42 (23)

 Years in the intensive care unit (median)d

1–37 (12)

0.5–37 (10)

1–27 (3)

  

0.5–41 (12)

  1. a36 (55%) persons were the same as at the beginning of the project
  2. bOne of the initial three registered nurses went on leave in project phase two and was replaced by another registered nurse
  3. cEach participant contributed to one or more data sets; in total, 77% of the available staff members/managers participated
  4. dThe physiotherapist and managers had an age range of 50–65 years, with 30–40 years in their occupation and more than 15 years in the intensive care unit. Data were not specified further to maintain individuals’ confidentiality