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Table 6 Participants’ gender, age and years of experience by profession, 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

 

Healthcare workers

Nurses

Other health professions

Female (n = 83)

51 (61.4)

22 (26.5)

10 (12.0)

Male (n = 14)

10 (71.4)

3 (21.4)

1 (7.1)

Mean age (yr; range) *

46.1 (21–69)^

38.4 (22–66)~

37.6 (22–54)

Mean duration of professional experience (yr; range) **

18.7 (0–50)^

14.6 (0.5–40)~

10.3 (2.5–30)

Mean duration at current job

(yr; range) ***

10 (0–32) ^

5.5 (0.5–29)

3.5 (0.5–9)

  1. Statistically significant difference between professional groups, Kruskal Wallis test *p = .011, **p = .042 and ***p = .028. Missing data for ^ 3 participants for duration of professional experience and mean duration of current job and ~ 1 participant for duration of professional experience