Table 1.
Characteristics of the participants in the study group
| Total study group N = 20 |
Focus group 1 (n = 5) |
Focus group 2 (n = 4) |
Focus group 3 (n = 5) |
Focus group 4 (n = 6) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | |||||
| Female | 18 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| Male | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| Age, mean (range) | 47 (26–66) | 48 (29–59) | 46 (35–66) | 49 (30–58) | 45 (26–66) |
| Profession | |||||
| Assistant nurse | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Nurse | 3 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Occupational therapist | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Physiotherapist | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Social worker | 2 | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| Unit manager | 2 | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| Work experience current workplace, mean (range), in years | 7.5 (1–18) | 5.8 (1–15) | 9 (5–14) | 9.6 (1–18) | 5.6 (1–12) |
| Previous experience of caring for seriously ill and dying persons, no. persons | |||||
| Geriatric unit | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Home health care | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Nursing home | 12 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Palliative unit | 1 | – | – | 1 | – |
| Other | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |