Table 2. Characteristics of participants in focus groups.
Age | Gender | Seniority | Clinical staff (years) | Working with stroke survivors (years) | |
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Nurses | |||||
N01 | 45 | Female | SSN II | 9 | 9 |
N02 | 24 | Female | HCA | 4 | 4 |
N03 | 29 | Female | SN I | 8 | 5 |
N04 | 27 | Male | EN I | 6 | 2 |
N05 | 32 | Female | EN II | 8 | 6 |
N06 | 62 | Female | PEN | 40 | 40 |
N07 | 28 | Female | SSN II | 8 | 8 |
N08 | 24 | Female | SN II | 1 | 1 |
N09 | 24 | Female | EN I | 4 | 4 |
N10 | 44 | Female | SEN I | 21 | 21 |
N11 | 33 | Female | EN II | 2 | 2 |
N12 | 31 | Female | EN I | 9 | 4 |
N13 | 28 | Female | EN I | 6 | 4 |
N14 | 52 | Female | SSN II | 12 | 8 |
N15 | 55 | Female | SHCA | 9 | 9 |
N16 | 32 | Female | SHCA | 10 | 10 |
N17 | 58 | Female | EN I | 20 | 18 |
N18 | 23 | Female | EN I | 5 | 5 |
N19 | 57 | Female | SEN II | 16 | 16 |
N20 | 28 | Female | EN I | 7 | 3 |
N21 | 23 | Female | SN II | 2 | 2 |
Therapists | |||||
OT1 | 26 | Female | OT II | 3 | 3 |
OT2 | 37 | Male | Senior OT I | 12 | 12 |
OT3 | 31 | Male | Senior OT II | 6 | 4 |
OT4 | 40 | Male | Principal OT II | 16 | 7 |
PT1 | 27 | Female | Senior PT II | 5 | 2 |
PT2 | 27 | Male | PT II | 3 | 3 |
PT3 | 31 | Male | Senior PT II | 7 | 5 |
PT4 | 33 | Male | PT II | 1 | 1 |
Abbreviations: OT: Occupational Therapist, PT: Physiotherapist
Seniority of nurses (higher to lower position)
Senior Staff Nurse I (SSN I), Senior Staff Nurse II (SSN II), Staff Nurse I (SN I), Staff Nurse II (SN II), Principal Enrolled Nurse (PEN), Senior Enrolled Nurse (SEN), Enrolled Nurse I (EN I), Enrolled Nurse II (EN II), Senior Health Care Assistant (SHCA), Health Care Assistant (HCA)
Seniority of therapists (higher to lower position)
Principal Therapist I (Principal OT/PT I), Principal Therapist II (Principal OT/PT II), Senior Therapist I (Senior OT/PT I), Senior Therapist II (Senior OT/PT II), Therapist I (OT/PT I), Therapist II (OT/PT II).