Table 1.
Characteristics of national online survey respondents and key informants in an integrated, citizen-engaged, mixed-methods initiative to establish a Canadian nutrition and mental health research agenda
| Online survey participants | Key informant participants | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (n 811) | LE† (n 244) | FM‡ (n 344) | Total (n 63) | LE† (n 30) | FM‡ (n 36) | |||||||
| Characteristic | n | %§ | n | %§ | n | %§ | n | %§ | n | %§ | n | %§ |
| 1. Regions (total responses: n 793 for online survey; n 62 for key informant participants) | ||||||||||||
| British Columbia plus Yukon | 134 | 17 | 56 | 23 | 65 | 19 | 16 | 25 | 10 | 33 | 11 | 31 |
| Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut | 177 | 22 | 50 | 20 | 76 | 22 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 23 | 6 | 17 |
| Ontario | 414 | 51 | 113 | 46 | 158 | 46 | 32 | 51 | 12 | 40 | 17 | 47 |
| Quebec, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island | 68 | 8 | 19 | 8 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 6 |
| 2. Community size (total responses: n 807 for online survey; n 63 for key informant participants) | ||||||||||||
| Metropolitan: population 500 000+ | 218 | 27 | 66 | 27 | 93 | 27 | 23 | 37 | 10 | 33 | 14 | 39 |
| Large city: population 100 000 to 499 999 | 231 | 28 | 77 | 32 | 98 | 28 | 15 | 24 | 5 | 17 | 6 | 17 |
| Medium city: population 30 000 to 99 999 | 157 | 19 | 44 | 18 | 67 | 19 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 23 | 7 | 19 |
| Small city, towns, villages and rural areas: population ≤29 999 | 201 | 24 | 54 | 22 | 82 | 24 | 15 | 24 | 8 | 27 | 9 | 25 |
| 3. Stakeholder groups|| (total responses: n 811 for online survey; n 63 for key informant consultations. Respondents could select ≥1 category) | ||||||||||||
| Service provider¶ | 433 | 53 | 138 | 57 | 186 | 54 | 37 | 59 | 16 | 53 | 22 | 61 |
| Registered dietitian (includes community, clinical, administrative) | 299 | 37 | 55 | 23 | 116 | 34 | 25 | 40 | 8 | 27 | 13 | 36 |
| Advocacy work related to mental health | 135 | 17 | 59 | 24 | 92 | 27 | 14 | 22 | 9 | 30 | 11 | 31 |
| Volunteer in a nutrition and/or mental health setting | 120 | 15 | 61 | 25 | 77 | 22 | 16 | 25 | 14 | 47 | 12 | 33 |
| Researcher in nutrition and/or mental health research (includes academic, clinical and independent consultants) | 109 | 13 | 36 | 15 | 53 | 15 | 18 | 29 | 10 | 33 | 11 | 31 |
| Manager/director of a mental health programme or organization†† or policy work‡‡ | 118 | 15 | 40 | 16 | 63 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 5 | 14 |
| Lived experience of a mental health condition | 244 | 30 | – | – | 154 | 45 | 30 | 48 | – | – | 22 | 61 |
| Family member of someone with a lived experience of a mental health condition(s) | 344 | 42 | 154 | 63 | – | – | 36 | 57 | 22 | 73 | – | – |
Lived experience.
Family member with lived experience.
Percentages reported used column total as denominator.
There were seventeen respondents who indicated their stakeholder role was as a post-secondary student; due to the small sample size subgroup analysis was not conducted on this group. Stakeholder totals are greater than sample total as respondents could select all groups they identified with.
Respondents indicated their service provider roles included nurse (RN, LPN, NP), support/peer support worker, counsellor, psychologist, psychometrist and social worker.
Respondents indicated their manager/director roles included programmes and services, executive director, patient/client care, social worker and behavioural therapy.
Working or have worked in public policy: public policy roles included public health professional, health promoter, policy analyst and health adviser.