Table 2.
Characteristics of the survey participants.
| Characteristics | United Kingdom (n=120), n (%) | New Zealand (n=48), n (%) | Australia (n=16), n (%) | Total (n=184), n (%) | |
| Professional background | |||||
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Medical | 28 (23.3) | 8 (17) | 1 (6) | 37 (20.1) |
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Nursing | 46 (38.3) | 24 (50) | 4 (25) | 74 (40.2) |
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Occupational therapy | 1 (0.8) | 3 (6) | 1 (6) | 5 (2.7) |
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Pharmacy | 6 (5) | 0 (0) | 3 (19) | 9 (4.9) |
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Physiotherapy | 2 (1.7) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (1.1) |
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Psychology | 14 (11.7) | 9 (19) | 2 (13) | 25 (13.6) |
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Social work | 10 (8.3) | 2 (4) | 5 (31) | 17 (9.2) |
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Other | 13 (10.8) | 2 (4) | 0 (0) | 15 (8.2) |
| Main service (>50% of the time) | |||||
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Adult mental health | 65 (54.2) | 18 (38) | 13 (81) | 96 (52.2) |
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Child and adolescent mental health | 9 (7.5) | 12 (25) | 1 (6) | 22 (12.0) |
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Forensic mental health | 12 (10) | 13 (27) | 1 (6) | 26 (14.1) |
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Learning disability | 6 (5) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 6 (3.3) |
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Memory assessment clinic | 3 (2.5) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 3 (1.6) |
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Older adult mental health | 7 (5.8) | 2 (4) | 1 (6) | 10 (5.4) |
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Not related to mental health | 2 (1.7) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (1.1) |
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Other | 16 (13.3) | 3 (6) | 0 (0) | 19 (10.3) |
| Age group (years) | |||||
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18-24 | 9 (7.5) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 9 (4.9) |
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25-34 | 29 (24.2) | 14 (29) | 3 (19) | 46 (25) |
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35-44 | 24 (20) | 11 (23) | 6 (38) | 41 (22.3) |
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45-54 | 34 (28.3) | 10 (21) | 3 (19) | 47 (25.5) |
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55-64 | 16 (13.3) | 10 (21) | 4 (25) | 30 (16.3) |
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65-74 | 5 (4.2) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 5 (2.7) |
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≥75 | 0 (0) | 2 (4) | 0 (0) | 2 (1.1) |
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Prefer not to say or N/Aa | 3 (2.5) | 1 (2) | 0 (0) | 2 (1.1) |
| Gender | |||||
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Female | 78 (65) | 31 (65) | 11 (69) | 120 (65.2) |
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Male | 39 (32.5) | 16 (33) | 5 (31) | 60 (32.6) |
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Nonbinary | 1 (0.8) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.5) |
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Prefer not to say or N/A | 2 (1.7) | 1 (2) | 0 (0) | 3 (1.6) |
aN/A: not applicable.