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. 2021 Jul 12;20:127. doi: 10.1186/s12912-021-00650-y

Table 2.

Sample characteristics of community nurses (n = 7) and team members that participated in the focus groups (n = 31) and completed the questionnaire (n = 69)a

Community nurses (n = 7) Team members (n = 31) Team members(n = 69)
n % n % n %
Gender
 Female 6 85.7 30 96.8 67b 97.1
Profession
 Bachelor-educated nurse 7 100.0 4 12.9 9b 13.0
 Vocationally educated nurse 9 29.0 13 18.8
 Certified nurse Assistant/Helping aid/Nursing student 18 58.1 45 65.2
Education
 Master of science 2 28.6 9c 13.0
 Bachelor of nursing 5 71.4 5 16.1 18 26.1
 Vocational training 11 35.5 38 55.1
 Secondary training 15 48.4
Median Range [min-max] Median Range [min-max] Median Range [min-max]
Age in years 34 31 [26–56] 51 12.1 [22–61] 49b 43 [21–64]
Work experience in years 14 31 [7–38] 22 11.0 [5–41] 19c 47 [1–47]
Working hours per week 32 12 [24–36] 24 6.6 [8–36] 24b 33 [7–40]

aFor data of community nurses (n = 7) on the MAINtAIN-C Barriers, missing data of two respondents with one missing item was imputed. For data of team members (n = 69) on the MAINtAIN-C Barriers, missing data of three respondents were imputed (of whom one respondent had one missing item, one respondent had two missing items and one respondent had three missing items)

bBased on n = 67 due to missing data

cBased on n = 65 due to missing data