Table 1.
Nurse participants and settings in the focus group interviews
| Group no | Age mean (range) | No. of participants | Female | Years of experience in HHC mean (range) | Participants with specialization a | Setting b |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 36.4 (25–52) | 5 | 5 | 9.4 (3–16) | 2 | Rural |
| 2 | 41.6 (34–47) | 5 | 4 | 9.3 (3–16.5) | 3 | Urban |
| 3 | 47 (24–60) | 5 | 5 | 8.7 (3.5–22) | 4 | Suburban |
| 4 | 50.6 (23–61) | 6 | 6 | 7.4 (2–18) | 3 | Urban |
| 5 | 44.4 (26–60) | 5 | 4 | 14.5 (7–20) | 1 | Suburban |
| 6 | 44.8 (40–51) | 5 | 5 | 14.8 (10–26) | 3 | Rural |
a
Specializations included advanced clinical nursing, acute care, cancer, psychiatric care, geriatrics, diabetes, administration, pedagogy, primary health care, infections and disease control.
b
Rural: small‐sized municipality distant to hospital and city, 3,000–16,000 inhabitants; suburban: medium‐sized municipalities outside a city, 28,000–50,000 inhabitants; urban: 250,000–670,000 inhabitants.