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Table 1 Demographic characteristics

From: Attitudes of mental health providers towards adoption of evidence-based interventions: relationship to workplace, staff roles and social and psychological factors at work

Characteristics

Psychologists

Nurses

(n = 671)

(n = 121)

Gender

 Female

428

(63.8)

102

(84.3)

 Male

227

(33.8)

15

(12.4)

 Missing

16

(2.4)

4

(3.3)

Age

 ≤ 30 years

70

(10.4)

2

(1.7)

 31-40 years

239

(35.6)

17

(14.0)

 41-50 years

167

(24.9)

30

(24.8)

 51-60 years

110

(16.4)

53

(43.8)

 ≥ 61 years

82

(12.2)

19

(15.7)

 Missing

3

(0.4)

0

(0)

Highest Education - Clinical Psychologistsa

 Both Ph.D. and clinical specialist degrees

28

(4.2)

n/a

n/a

 Ph.D.

26

(3.9)

n/a

n/a

 Clinical specialist degree

322

(48.0)

n/a

n/a

 Other continued education

23

(3.4)

n/a

n/a

 Missing

2

(0.3)

n/a

n/a

Highest Education - Nursesb

 Ph.D.

n/a

n/a

2

(1.7)

 Master’s degree

n/a

n/a

18

(14.9)

 Other continued education

n/a

n/a

97

(80.2)

 Missing

n/a

n/a

2

(1.7)

Working as clinicians

586

(87.3)

105

(86.8)

Tenure in substance abuse and mental health (years)

10.4

(9.9)

18.0

(9.2)

Managerial responsibilities

160

(23.8)

19

(15.7)

Working evidence-based

346

(51.6)

78

(64.5)

Type of workplace

 Outpatient units - adults

119

(17.7)

20

(16.5)

 Outpatient units - youth

71

(10.6)

2

(1.7)

 Outpatient unit - abuse

30

(4.5)

4

(3.3)

 Inpatient unit >2 months

30

(4.5)

10

(8.3)

 Inpatient unit <2 months

22

(3.3)

11

(9.1)

 Research/education clinical

32

(4.8)

0

(0)

 Research/education non-clinical

39

(5.8)

6

(5.0)

 Private practitioners with subsidiesc

49

(7.3)

n/a

n/a

 Private practitioners without subsidiesd

27

(4.0)

n/a

n/a

 Governmental (e.g., family counselling services)

39

(5.8)

1

(0.8)

 Municipal health and care services

70

(10.4)

32

(26.4)

 Othere

141

(21.0)

29

(24.0)

 Missing

2

(0.3)

6

(5.0)

  1. Data presented as n (%) or mean (SD), if appropriate. n/a = categories not applicable. aAfter an initial cand.psychol. degree. bAfter an initial Bachelor degree. cPsychologists with clinical specialist degree working in private practice with operating subsidies from the Norwegian state, meaning patients’ costs of treatment exceeds the covered costs of public help. dPsychologists and nurses working in private practice without subsidies, seec. eClinicians with a combination of multiple work settings, e.g., both inpatient and outpatient patients