Table 1.
Researcher and clinician demographics.
| Researchers (n = 18) |
Clinicians (n = 17) |
Consensus group (n = 9) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | |||
| n (female) | 11 | 11 | 7 |
| Age | |||
| <40 years | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| 40-60 | 11 | 12 | 7 |
| >60 | 2 | ||
| Unknown | 2 | ||
| Country of residence | |||
| Africa | 2 | 1 | |
| Asia | 3 | 3 | |
| Australasia | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| Europe | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| North America | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| South America | 1 | 2 | |
| Profession | |||
| Physiotherapist | 13 | 17 | 9 |
| Occupational therapist | 1 | 1 a | |
| Nurse | 1 | ||
| Professor | 3 | ||
| Qualification | |||
| PhD | 17 | 6 | 9 |
| Master’s level | 1 | 7 | |
| Postgraduate diploma | 1 | ||
| Doctor of physical therapy | 1 | ||
| Bachelor | 2 | ||
| Years working in the field | |||
| <10 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| 11–20 | 8 | 7 | 4 |
| >20 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
| Primary clinical setting | |||
| Acute | 3 | ||
| Inpatient rehabilitation | 4 | ||
| Community—home-based | 2 | ||
a
Two qualifications: physiotherapist and occupational therapist.