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Distribution of sex, profession, and mean age in the samples of the included studies
| Category | Participants | Number of studies (n = 12) |
Percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | Majority men (> 50%) | 1 | 8.3 |
| Majority women (> 50%) | 10 | 83.3 | |
| Equal men and women (50% each) | 1 | 8.3 | |
| Profession | Physicians | 1 | 8.3 |
| Nursing staff | 2 | 16.7 | |
| Physicians and nursing staff | 6 | 50.0 | |
| Physicians, nursing staff, and other professionals | 2 | 16.7 | |
| Other professionals | 1 | 8.3 | |
| Age (years) | 31-40 | 7 | 58.3 |
| 41-50 | 2 | 16.7 | |
| Not reported | 3 | 25.0 |
