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Table 2 Staff survey participants: Demographic and professional characteristics

From: Acceptability and appropriateness of a clinical pathway for managing anxiety and depression in cancer patients: a mixed methods study of staff perspectives

 

T0 (n = 106)

T1 (n = 58)

T2 (n = 57)

n

%

n

%

n

%

Age Range (in years)

 18–25

3

2.8

1

1.7

1

1.8

 26–50

73

68.9

40

69.0

44

77.2

 51–75

30

28.3

17

29.3

12

21.1

Gender

 Female

91

85.8

50

86.2

51

89.5

 Male

15

14.2

8

13.8

6

10.5

aRole

 Nursing staff

47

44.3

21

36.2

22

38.6

 Medical staff

17

16.0

10

17.2

6

10.5

 Allied health & clinical trials staff

9

8.5

1

1.7

2

3.5

 Administrative, technical support and non-clinical managers

11

10.4

7

12.1

5

8.8

 Psycho-social staff

21

19.8

18

31.0

15

26.3

 Unspecified role

1

0.9

1

1.7

1

1.8

Missing

0

0.0

0

0.0

6

10.5

Employment Status

 Full-Time

70

66.0

36

62.1

39

68.4

 Part-Time

36

34.0

22

37.9

18

31.6

Years of employment in current role

  < 1 year

12

11.3

2

3.4

2

3.5

 1–5 years

52

49.1

33

56.9

34

59.6

 6–20 years

35

33.0

21

36.2

20

35.1

 21>

7

6.6

2

3.4

1

1.8

Language spoken at home

 English

85

80.2

48

82.8

45

78.9

bOther

21

19.4

8

13.7

12

21.3

Missing

0

0.0

2

3.4

0

0.0

Country of birth

 Australia

72

67.9

36

62.1

41

71.9

cOther

34

30.7

22

37.7

15

26.3

Missing

0

0.0

0

0.0

1

1.8

Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

 No

106

100.0

57

98.3

57

100.0

 Yes, Aboriginal

0

0.0

1

1.7

0

0.0

  1. aRoles included in the categories:
  2. Nursing Staff: Nurse- RN/AIN, CNS, CNE Care Coordinator, CNC, NUM, Nurse Practitioner
  3. Medical Staff: Oncologist, Haematologist, Psychiatrist, Registrar, Medical oncology Fellow
  4. Allied Health & Clinical Trials Staff: Speech pathologist, Clinical Trials
  5. Admin, technical support & non-clinical managers: Admin, IT staff, Volunteer, Clinical Support Officer, Management, Program Coordinator, Practice Manager
  6. Psychosocial staff: Psychologist, Psychologist Intern, Social Worker, Counsellor
  7. bOther languages spoken at home: Cantonese, Mandarin, Indonesian, Malayalam, Spanish, Tagalog, Arabic, Filipino, French, Portuguese, Greek, Italian, Korean, Macdeonian, Tamil, Sindhi, Vietnamese, Croatian, Bosnia, Serbian, Iban, Malaysian
  8. cOther countries of birth: Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Italy, Korea, Macdeonia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, South Africa, Sri Lanka, United States of America, UK, Vietnam