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Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: Characteristics of successful changes in health care organizations: an interview study with physicians, registered nurses and assistant nurses

Characteristics

Physicians (n = 11)

Registered nurses (n = 12)

Assistant nurses (n = 7)

Gender, n (%)

 Male

5 (45.5)

1 (8.3)

1 (14.3)

 Female

6 (54.5)

11 (91.7)

6 (85.7)

Years in the occupation, n (%)

 0–9 years

0 (0)

1 (8.3)

0 (0)

 10–20 years

7 (63.6)

3 (25)

0 (0)

 21 or more years

4 (36.4)

8 (66.7)

7 (100)

Median years in the occupation

17

28

30

Years in the current workplace, n (%)

 0–9 years

4 (36.4)

6 (50)

4 (57.1)

 10–20 years

5 (45.4)

3 (25)

3 (42.9)

 21 or more years

2 (18.2)

3 (25)

0 (0)

Median years in the current workplace

17

9

9

Workplace, n (%)

 Internal medicine, endocrine and cardiology

3 (27.3)

4 (33.3)

2 (16.7)

 Surgery clinic

1 (9.0)

1 (8.3)

1 (8.3)

 Orthopaedic clinic

2 (18.2)

1 (8.3)

1 (8.3)

 Emergency care clinic

2 (18.2)

1 (8.3)

1 (8.3)

 Primary health care unit

3 (27.3)

3 (25.0)

2 (16.7)

 Other

0 (0)

2 (16.7)

0 (0)