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Table 2 Participant characteristics

From: Development of a theory-based intervention to increase cognitively able frail elders’ engagement with advance care planning using the behaviour change wheel

SURVEY

Round 1 n = 73

Round 2 n = 51

Round 3 n = 46

No.

%

No.

%

No.

%

Nurses

35

48%

23

45%

21

46%

Doctors

21

29%

13

25%

12

26%

Allied health professionalsa

10

14%

10

20%

9

19%

Social workers

7

9%

5

10%

4

9%

Percentage clinical work with frail elders (Round 1)

Mean 73.7 (range 5–100%)

INTERVIEWS

Frail elders n = 10

Family members n = 8

Mean age

84 (range 71–95)

Relationship to frail elder

Spouse n = 4

Son/daughter n = 4

  1. a Allied health professionals were: Dietitian (n = 1), Paramedic (n = 1), Pharmacist (n = 1), Physician Associate (n = 1), Physiotherapist (n = 4) Speech and language therapist (n = 1), Research Psychologist (n = 1). All AHPs completed all Rounds except one physiotherapist who did not complete Round 3