Table 2.

Characteristics of the participating Finnish and Dutch nurses

No	Country	Age	Training	Type of CVD prevention	Internet use at work
1	FI	55	Occupational health nurse	Prim/sec prev	Email, guideline use, referral, patient contact
2	FI	42	Occupational health nurse	Prim/sec prev	Email, guideline use, referral
3	FI	25	Occupational health nurse	Prim/sec prev	Email, guideline use, referral, patient contact
4	FI	45	Occupational health nurse	Prim/sec prev	Email, guideline use, referral, patient contact
5	FI	49	Occupational health nurse	Prim/sec prev	Email, guideline use, referral, patient contact
6	FI	60	Occupational health nurse	Prim/sec prev	Guideline use, patient contact
1	NL	43	General nurse, practice nurse*	Prim/sec prev	Email, guideline use, referral, patient contact
2	NL	49	Practice nurse	Prim/sec prev	Email, guideline use, referral, patient contact
3	NL	51	Practice nurse	Prim prev	Email, guideline use, referral, patient contact
4	NL	53	General nurse, practice nurse	Prim/sec prev	Email, guideline use, referral
5	NL	42	Practice nurse	Sec prev	Email, guideline use, referral, patient contact
6	NL	45	General nurse, practice nurse†	Prim/sec prev	Email, guideline use, referral, patient contact
7	NL	65	General nurse, practice nurse	Prim/sec prev	Email, guideline use, referral, patient contact

*Practice nurse: received specific nursing training to work in general practice.

†General nurse: received general nursing training to work as a hospital-based general nurse.

CVD, cardiovascular disease; FI, Finland; NL, the Netherlands; prev, prevention; prim, primary; sec, secondary.