Table 3.
Participant demographic characteristics
| Demographic characteristics | People living with MM (N = 124) |
Carers (N = 43) |
Physicians (N = 28) |
Nurses (N = 34) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender N (%) | Male | 71 (57.26) | 13 (30.23) | 25 (89.29) | 4 (11.77) |
| Female | 53 (42.74) | 30 (69.77) | 1 (3.57) | 30 (88.24) | |
| Prefer not to answer | 2 (7.14) | ||||
| Age N (%) | 18–30 | 1 (0.80) | 5 (14.71) | ||
| 31–40 | 1 (0.80) | 1 (2.33) | 9 (32.14) | 10 (29.41) | |
| 41–50 | 7 (5.65) | 5 (11.63) | 12 (42.86) | 8 (23.53) | |
| 51–60 | 32 (25.81) | 19 (44.19) | 6 (21.43) | 10 (29.41) | |
| 61–70 | 53 (42.74) | 9 (20.93) | 1 (3.57) | 1 (2.94) | |
| 71–80 | 27 (21.77) | 9 (20.93) | |||
| 81 or older | 3 (2.42) | ||||
| Employment status N (%) | Working (full-time) | 20 (16.13) | 11 (25.58) | 24 (85.71) | 18 (52.94) |
| Working (part-time/casual) | 9 (7.26) | 11(25.58) | 3 (10.71) | 16 (47.06) | |
| Not working | 13 (10.48) | 5 (11.63) | |||
| Retired | 79 (63.71) | 14 (32.56) | |||
| Other/prefer not to answer | 1 (3.57) | ||||
| Location N (%) | Metro/City | 78 (26.90) | 29 (67.44) | 23 (82.14) | 26 (76.47) |
| Regional | 30 (24.19) | 9 (20.93) | 4 (14.29) | 7 (20.59) | |
| Rural | 16 (12.90) | 5 (11.63) | 1 (3.57) | 1 (2.94) | |
| Living Situation N (%) | Couple family with no children | 65 (52.42) | |||
| Couple family with children | 33 (26.61) | ||||
| One parent family | 3 (2.42) | ||||
| Single person household | 14 (11.29) | ||||
| Group household (i.e., shared) | 5 (4.03) | ||||
| Other | 4 (3.23) | ||||
| Cares for dependent family members N (%) | 28 (22.58) | ||||
| Type of carer N (%) | Informal | 42 (97.67) | |||
| Formal | 1 (2.33) | ||||
| Relationship (of informal carer) to patient N (%) | Spouse | 41 (95.35) | |||
| Other relative | 2 (4.65) | ||||
| Years of experience treating people with MM N (%) | 2 years or less | 3 (8.82) | |||
| 3–6 years | 4 (14.29) | 12 (35.29) | |||
| 7–10 years | 11 (39.29) | 5 (14.71) | |||
| Over 10 years | 13 (46.43) | 14 (41.18) | |||
| Number of people with MM seen in a month M (SD) | 13.21 (7.49) | 12.38 (8.84) | |||
| Place of practice N (%)a | Public hospital | 22 (78.57) | 22 (64.71) | ||
| Private hospital | 4 (14.29) | 7 (20.59) | |||
| Outpatient clinic | 3 (10.71) | 3 (8.82) | |||
| Private practice | 7 (25.00) | 5 (14.71) | |||
N – sample size, % – percentage, M – mean, SD – standard deviation, aPlaces of practice are not mutually exclusive, total does not sum to 100%