Major influencing factors on routine implementation of shared decision-making in cancer care: qualitative process evaluation of a stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial

Table 2 Demographic data of participants of process interviews

		n	%
Total number of participants		126	100.0
Age ^a	< 30 years	60	47.6
	31–40 years	37	29.4
	41–50 years	14	11.1
	> 50 years	12	9.5
	Missing	3	2.4
Gender	Female	86	68.3
Gender	Male	40	31.7
Position	Nurse	68	54.0
	Nurse in leadership position	4	3.2
	Medical assistant ^b	5	4.0
	Junior physician	39	30.9
	Senior physician	7	5.6
	Others	3	2.4
Work experience in oncology	< 5 years	76	60.3
	5–10 years	23	18.3
	11–20 years	15	11.9
	> 20 years	11	8.7
	Missing	1	0.8

^aAge was assessed in categories of about 10 years each within the working age range to allow description of the sample without compromizing anonymity; ^b Medical assistant = German position of “Medizinische Fachangestellte”

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