TABLE 1.
Participant characteristics.
| Characteristic | Number (%) |
| Gender | |
| Male | 106 (22.4%) |
| Female | 368 (77.6%) |
| Total | 474, (100%) |
| Country | |
| South Africa | 456 (96.4%) |
| Other | 17 (3.6%) |
| Total | 474, (100%) |
| Occupation | |
| Audiologist, speech therapist | 28 (5.9%) |
| Clinical Associate | 5 (1.1%) |
| Dentistry and Oral hygiene | 17 (3.6%) |
| Homoeopath | 5 (1.1%) |
| Medical Practitioner | 76 (16.1%) |
| Nursing | 27 (5.7%) |
| Occupational Therapist | 62 (13.2%) |
| Optometrist | 4 (0.8%) |
| Paramedic | 30 (6.4%) |
| Pharmacist | 10 (2.1%) |
| Physio, Chiro, Dietician, Biokineticist, Podiatry | 66 (14.0%) |
| Radiography, sonography, radiotherapist | 25 (5.3%) |
| Registered counsellor, psychologist, social worker | 66 (14.0%) |
| Other | 50 (10.6%) |
| Total | 474, (100%) |
| Function | |
| Administrative/Managerial | 61 (12.9%) |
| Emergency/Critical care | 61 (12.9%) |
| Inpatient wards | 88 (18.5%) |
| Outpatients/Primary care | 264 (55.7%) |
| Total | 474, (100%) |
| Area of Work | |
| Urban | 306 (64.5%) |
| Peri-urban | 80 (16.9%) |
| Rural | 88 (18.6%) |
| Total | 474, (100%) |
| Sector | |
| Public Sector | 242 (51.1%) |
| Private Sector | 232 (48.9%) |
| Total | 474, (100%) |