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. 2022 Feb 4;17(2):e0263413. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0263413

Table 2. Characteristics of participants in focus groups.

  Age Gender Seniority Clinical staff (years) Working with stroke survivors (years)
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).