Table 3.

Patient Advisory Board (PAB) respondent (n = 47) characteristics to the electronic survey

	Respondents
	n	%
Female	29	62
Age, years
30–39	1	2
40–49	10	21
50–59	11	23
60–69	13	28
70–79	11	23
80	1	2
Education
Basic (≤10 yrs)	5	11
Secondary (11–13 yrs)	10	21
Degree	32	68
Years of experience
< 2	9	19
> 2	38	81
Health region
North	4	9
Middle	2	4
West	10	21
South-East	31	66
1 Organisational rolea
Board member	3	7
Member of the PAB	36	86
Employee	1	2
Manager	2	5
2 Level of awareness to approach for patient participation a
None	0	0
Low	0	0
Neither low or high	7	15
Medium	26	57
High	13	28
3 Frequency of interaction with patient representatives in organisation a
Not at all	2	4
Infrequently	10	22
Sometimes	19	41
Fairly frequently	14	30
Very frequently	1	2
4 Organisational stage of patient a participation
Not started	1	2
Just beginning	11	24
Established/making progress	21	46
Well established	13	28

^a Questions from the The Public and Patient Engagement Evaluation Tool