Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of the focus groups and test-retest participants.
| Variables | Focus groups | Test-retest participants | ||||
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EPs (n=5) |
AHPs (n=5) |
EPs (n=25) |
AHPs (n=26) |
P valuea | |
| Age (years) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Mean (SD) | 49 (10) | 36 (3) | 41.5 (8.9) | 35.5 (11.6) | .03 |
|
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Median (IQR) | 48 (41-56) | 36 (35-38) | 42 (34-48) | 33 (26-43) |
|
| Gender, n (%) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Male | 4 (80) | 2 (40) | 19 (76) | 3 (12) | <.001 |
|
|
Female | 1 (20) | 3 (60) | 6 (24) | 23 (88) |
|
| Trauma center level, n (%) |
|
|
|
|
.23 | |
|
|
I | 0 | 0 | 6 (24) | 7 (27) |
|
|
|
II | 5 (100) | 5 (100) | 18 (72) | 14 (54) |
|
|
|
III | 0 | 0 | 1 (4) | 5 (19) |
|
| Profession, n (%) |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
Physician | 5 (100) |
|
25 (100) |
|
|
|
|
Nurse |
|
3 (60) |
|
12 (46) |
|
|
|
Respiratory therapist |
|
1 (20) |
|
7 (27) |
|
|
|
Pharmacist |
|
1 (20) |
|
7 (27) |
|
| Emergency medicine certification, n (%) |
|
N/A |
|
N/A |
|
|
|
|
College of Family Physicians | 2 (40) |
|
21 (84) |
|
|
|
|
Royal College of Physicians of Canada | 3 (60) |
|
3 (12) |
|
|
|
|
Other | 0 |
|
1 (4) |
|
|
| Clinical experience (years) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Mean (SD) | 15 (9) | 12 (4) | 12.5 (9.4) | 13.2 (11.1) | .79 |
|
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Median (IQR) | 13 (8-18) | 12 (11-14) | 11 (5.5-17) | 10.8 (5-19.8) |
|
| Internet access in the ED, n (%) | 5 (100) | 3 (60) | 25 (100%) | 20 (77) | .02 | |
| Professional use of a wiki, n (%) | 2 (40) | 2 (40) | 5 (20) | 2 (8) | .25 | |
| Personal use of a wiki, n (%) | 4 (80) | 2 (40) | 18 (72) | 8 (31) | .005 | |
| Previous editing of a wiki, n (%) | 1 (20) | 1 (20) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | >.99 | |
a P values were only calculated for the test-retest group.