Table 2.

Characteristics of respondents

	Europe n (%)	Africa n (%)
Background of respondents	n = 291	n = 88
Clinician (doctor, nurse, social worker, therapist, etc.)	211 (72.5%)	55 (62.5%)
Researcher	26 (8.9%)	10 (11.4%)
Both	54 (18.6%)	23 (26.1%)
Experience in palliative care	n = 291	n = 87
≤ 5 years	101 (34.7%)	32 (36.8%)
6 - 10 years	81 (27.8%)	21 (24.1%)
> 10 years	108 (37.1)	33 (37.9%)
Background of clinicians	n = 266	n = 78
Medicine	160 (60.2%)	31 (39.7%)
Nursing	68 (25.6%)	32 (41.0%)
Other profession	38 (14.3%)	15 (19.2%)
Background of researchers	n = 80	n = 33
Medicine	46 (57.5%)	8 (24.2%)
Nursing	10 (12.5%)	8 (24.2%)
Psychology	8 (10.0%)	3 (9.1%)
Social Science	5 (6.3%)	8 (24.2%)
Other profession	11 (13.8%)	6 (18.2%)