Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of homecare nurses and general practitioners.

	Homecare nurses (n = 140)	GP (n = 50)
Gender
Male	10 (7.1%)	32 (64%)
Female	130 (92.9%)	18 (36%)
Age
Under 30 years	13 (9.3%)	0 (0%)
30–45 years	56 (40%)	10 (20%)
46–60 years	69 (49.3%)	33 (66%)
Over 60 years	2 (1.4%)	7 (14%)
Professional experience
Under 5 years	19 (13.7%)	5 (10%)
6–10 years	22 (15.8%)	12 (24%)
11–20 years	42 (30.2%)	10 (20%)
Over 20 years	56 (40.3%)	23 (46%)
Number of dementia patients in care
Mean (SD)	8.8 (7.5)	22.6 (16.1)
Contact to family caregivers
Mean (SD)	8.5 (8.3)	23.3 (16.9)