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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Palliat Support Care. 2015 Dec 14;14(1):33–41. doi: 10.1017/S1478951515000693

Table 1.

Personal and professional demographics (N = 417)

Variable %
Age (decade)
  20–29 7.2
  30–39 22.3
  40–49 26.4
  50–59 31.7
  60–69 12.5
Gender
  Female 84.2
  Male 15.8
Country or region of origin
  Africa 1.4
  Americas 18.2
  Asia 8.4
  Australia/NZ 45.8
  Europe 26.1
Profession^ (n = 254)
  Psychologist 44.9
  Psychiatrist 7.1
  Social worker 31.9
  Counselor 3.9
  Other 12.2
Years of experience
  1–5 33.7
  6–10 22.9
  11–15 17.6
  16–20 10.7
  21+ 15.1
Type of practice
  Public 81.7
  Private 18.3
Workplace setting
  Urban 74.1
  Regional/rural 25.9
Patients seen
  Children (0–15) 17.2
  Adolescents and young adults (16–25) 6.1
  Adults (26+) 76.8
Supervisor meetings/month
  No formal supervision 42.8
  1 37.1
  2 10.0
  3 3.8
  4+ 6.2
Perceived satisfaction with supervision
  (n = 309)
  Very dissatisfied 5.2
  Dissatisfied 11.7
  Neutral 29.8
  Satisfied 35.3
  Very Satisfied 18.1
Number of members in interdisciplinary
  team
  0 10.6
  1 12.8
  2 14.4
  3–5 29.9
  6–10+ 32.3
Perceived value within interdisciplinary
  team
  Highly undervalued 0
  Undervalued 10.2
  Neutral 6.3
  Valued 52.3
  Highly valued 31.3
Variable M SD Range
Hours spent per week in:
  Direct patient contact 18.1 9.4 0–60
  Total hours worked per week 34.9 12.9 0–120

Note.

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Represents a subset of participants as early responders who were not asked this question.