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Table 1 Participants background in focus group and individual interviews

From: Autonomy conquers all: a thematic analysis of nurses’ professional judgement encountering resistance to care from home-dwelling persons with dementia

Participation

Age mean (range)

No. of participants

Years of experience in HHC mean (range)

Education

Participants continued educationa

Focus group 1

55.5 (46–62)

6

27 (20–35)

Licenced practice nurses

6

Focus group 2

52.4 (44–61)

5

18.6 (7–32)

3 registered nurses

2 licenced practice nurses

1

2

Focus group 3

49 (43–57)

4

9.5 (3–18)

Registered nurses

1

Individual interviews

50 (34–66)

3

17 (2–31)

Registered nurses

3

Total

52 (34–66)

18

19 (2–35)

10 registered nurses

8 licenced practice nurses

13

  1. aContinued education included: ABC dementia course (4), geriatrics (3), psychiatry (1), palliation (1), nutrition (1), pedagogics (1), intensive care nurse (1), master of evidence-based practice (1)