Table 1.
Participant characteristics
| Characteristics | Frequency n (%) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Age (n = 114) | Age, mean (SD), range | 49 (SD 9.8) (26 - 66) |
| Sex (n = 120) | Female | 100 (83%) |
| Countries (n = 127) | Canada | 60 (47%) |
| Australia | 22 (17%) | |
| Sweden | 14 (11%) | |
| UK | 13 (10%) | |
| USA | 8 (6%) | |
| Other (Netherlands, Vietnam, Ireland, Saudi Arabia, Norway, Japan) | 10 (8%) | |
| Highest level of education (n = 118) | Doctoral degree | 95 (81%) |
| Master’s university degree | 19 (16%) | |
| Undergraduate degree | 4 (3%) | |
| Position (n = 119) | Senior-researcher/Professor | 32 (27%) |
| Mid-researcher / Associate Professor | 35 (29%) | |
| Early researcher /Assistant Professor | 26 (22%) | |
| Doctoral student/candidate | 12 (10%) | |
| Clinician-scientist | 2 (2%) | |
| Other (Knowledge user, Master’s student, policy administrator, implementation scientist, consultant, administration, post-doctoral fellow) | 12 (10%) | |
| Time in current position (n = 120) | < 1 year | 11(9%) |
| 1-2 years | 24 (20%) | |
| 3-5 years | 36 (30%) | |
| 6-10 years | 30 (25%) | |
| 11- 20 years | 10 (8%) | |
| > 20 years | 9 (8%) | |
| Disciplinary background (n = 152) | Nursing | 54 (36%) |
| Medicine | 16 (11%) | |
| Rehabilitation (occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech-language pathology, audiology) | 8 (5%) | |
| Sociology | 6 (4%) | |
| Health research | 4 (3%) | |
| Health administration | 4 (3%) | |
| Epidemiology | 4 (3%) | |
| Psychology | 3 (2%) | |
| Other allied health professionals (public health, pharmacy, chiropractic, nutrition) | 7 (5%) | |
| Other (engineering, communication, chemistry, behavioral sciences, general health sciences, administration) | 42 (30%) | |
| Preferred to not report | 4 (4%) | |