Table 1.
Demographic and professional characteristics of mental health professionals who participated in focus groups
| FG1 | FG 2 | FG3 | FG4 | FG5 | FG6 | FG7 | FG8 | FG9 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 8 | 6 | 7* | 6 | 6 | 6† | 10 | 6 | 6 | 61 |
| Male | 87.5% (7/8) | 83.3% (5/6) | 85.7% (6/7) | 33.3% (2/6) | 100% (6/6) | 66.7% (4/6) | 100% (10/10) | 66.7% (4/6) | 50.0% (3/6) | 77.0% (47/61) |
| Mean years of experience (range) | 18.6 (5-39) | 16.3 (8-33) | 12.4 (8-25) | 5.0 (0-16) | 1.3 (.5-2) | 17.8 (5-35) | 17.7 (12-35) | 16.2 (4-35) | 19.0 (5-40) | 14.2 (0.5-40) |
| Working in urban settings | 100% (8/8) | 50% (3/6) | 85.7% (6/7) | 100% (6/6) | 100% (6/6) | 100% (6/6) | 100% (10/10) | 100% (6/6) | 100% (6/6) | 93.4% (57/61) |
| Working in rural settings | 12.5% (1/8) | 50% (3/6) | 57.1% (4/7) | 0% (0/6) | 0% (0/6) | 16.7% (1/6) | 30% (3/10) | 0% (0/6) | 0% (0/6) | 19.7% (12/61) |
| Public practice | 87.5%(7/8) | 100% (6/6) | 100% (7/7) | 100% (6/6) | 100% (6/6) | 100% (6/6) | 50% (5/10) | 16.7% (1/6) | 16.7% (1/6) | 73% (45/61) |
| Private practice | 25% (2/8) | 0% (0/6) | 0% (0/7) | 16.7% (1/6) | 0% (0/6) | 33.3% (2/6) | 90% (9/10) | 100% (6/6) | 83.3% (5/6) | 40.1% (25/61) |
| General adult psychiatry practice | 100% (8/8) | 100% (6/6) | 85.7% (6/7) | 83.3% (5/6) | 83.3% (5/6) | 83.3% (5/6) | 100% (10/10) | 83.3% (5/6) | 100% (6/6) | 91.8% (56/61) |
| Liaison psychiatry practice | 37.5% (3/8) | 33.3% (2/6) | 42.9% (3/7) | 16.7% (1/6) | 66.7% (4/6) | 50.0% (3/6) | 40% (4/10) | 66.7% (4/6) | 50.0% (3/6) | 44.3% (27/61) |
| Academic psychiatry | 25% (2/8) | 100% (6/6) | 71.4% (5/7) | 50.0% (3/6) | 83.3% (5/6) | 0% (0/6) | 30% (3/10) | 16.7% (1/6) | 16.7% (1/6) | 42.6% (26/61) |
| Old age psychiatry practice | 50% (4/8) | 16.7% (1/6) | 14.3% (1/7) | 16.7% (1/6) | 50.0% (3/6) | 66.7% (4-6) | 40% (4/10) | 16.7% (1/6) | 33.3% (2/6) | 34.4% (21/61) |
| Forensic psychiatry practice | 25% (2/8) | 16.7% (1/6) | 0% (0/7) | 16.7% (1/6) | 16.7% (1/6) | 33.3% (2/6) | 10% (1/10) | 0% (0/6) | 0% (0/6) | 13.1% (8/61) |
| Child and adolescent psychiatry practice | 50% (4/8) | 50% (3/6) | 28.6% (2/7) | 33.3% (2/6) | 83.3% (5/6) | 33.3% (2/6) | 30% (3/10) | 33.3% (2/6) | 16.7% (1/6) | 39.3% (24/61) |
| Intellectual disability psychiatry practice | 12.5% (1/8) | 33.3% (2/6) | 28.6% (2/7) | 16.7% (1/6) | 50.0% (3/6) | 33.3% (2/6) | 0% (0/10) | 33.3% (2/6) | 0% (0/6) | 21.3% (13/61) |
| Addiction psychiatry practice | 87.5% (7/8) | 50% (3/6) | 57.1% (4/7) | 33.3% (2/6) | 66.7% (4/6) | 83.3% (5/6) | 70% (7/10) | 16.7% (1/6) | 50.0% (3/6) | 59.0% (36/61) |
| Inpatient work | 75% (6/8) | 100% (6/6) | 100% (7/7) | 100% (6/6) | 100% (6/6) | 83.3% (5/6) | 100% (10/10) | 33.3% (2/6) | 83.3% (5/6) | 86.9% (53/61) |
| Outpatient work | 100% (8/8) | 100% (6/6) | 85.7% (6/7) | 100% (6/6) | 100% (6/6) | 83.3% (5/6) | 100% (10/10) | 100% (6/6) | 100% (6/6) | 96.7% (59/61) |
Clinicians were encouraged to tick all descriptions that applied to them. FG – Focus group. *Included the hospital’s heads of nursing, social work, and occupational therapy, †Included one consultant anesthetist responsible for ECT in the hospital and the hospital’s most senior mental health administrator, ECT - Electroconvulsive therapy