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Table 2 Participant demographics

From: The Sustain and Spread Framework: strategies for sustaining and spreading nutrition care improvements in acute care based on thematic analysis from the More-2-Eat study

Demographic Information

Post Implementation Phase

Sustainability Phase

Interviews n (%)

Small Group Discussions (≤3 people); n (%)

Focus Groups (4+ people); n (%)

Interviews n (%) + Small Group Discussiona

# of Participants

45

10

71

12

Gender

Female

40 (89%)

6 (60%)

61 (86%)

10 (83%)

Male

5 (11%)

4 (40%)

9 (13%)

2 (17%)

Missing Data

0

0

1 (1%)

0

Age Group

< 30 years

3 (7%)

2 (20%)

19 (27%)

0

30–39 years

10 (22%)

2 (20%)

21 (30%)

1 (8%)

40–49 years

14 (31%)

3 (30%)

13 (18%)

3 (25%)

50–59 years

13 (29%)

3 (30%)

13 (18%)

5 (42%)

60+ years

3 (7%)

0

4 (6%)

0

Prefer not to say

1 (2%)

0

0

1 (8%)

Missing

1 (2%)

0

1 (1%)

2 (17%)

Profession

Dietitian

16

2

6

5

Diet Technician/Diet Assistant

1

0

2

0

Food Service Supervisor/Manager

7

1

0

1

Registered Nurse

9

4

25

2

Registered Practical Nurse/Licensed Practical Nurse

1

2

7

0

Health Care Aide/Personal Support Worker

0

0

5

0

Attending Physician

2

1

4

1

Physiotherapist/Occupational Therapist

0

0

9

0

Pharmacist

0

0

3

0

Management

14

2

0

7

Otherb

2

0

10

1

 

Missing

1

0

0

0

  1. aSmall group discussion was n = 2;
  2. bOther: researcher, rehabilitation, volunteer coordinator, clinical care lead, administration support, food service worker, nurse educator, discharge planner, Speech-Language Pathologist
  3. Note: some participants indicated more than one profession, therefore the profession values will not equate to the total number of participants