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Table 5 The response rates and participants’ professional background by RCF, n(%)

From: Nursing staff’s evaluation of facilitators and barriers during implementation of wireless nurse call systems in residential care facilities. A cross-sectional study

Professional groups Response rate (n,%)

Total 98 (28.3)

RCF1 20 (10.5)

RCF2 25 (51.0)

RCF3 26 (52.0)

RCF4 12 (52.2)

RCF5 15 (44.2)

Healthcare workers

61 (62.2)

16 (80.0)

16 (64.0)

15 (57.6)

4 (33.3)

10 (66.7)

Nurses

26 (26.5)

3 (5.0)

5 (20.0)

9 (34.6)

6 (50.0)

3 (20.0)

Other health professions

11 (11.2)

1 (0.5)

4 (16.0)

2 (7.6)

2 (16.7)

2 (13,3)

Super users*

19 (19.4)

0 (0.0)

4 (16.0)

8 (30.8)

2 (16.7)

5 (0.33)

  1. Abbreviations: RCF residential care facility. *The super users were nurses (n = 7), healthcare workers (n = 10) and other healthcare professions (n = 2)