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Table 2 Summarising the professional experience and location of participants

From: Identifying enablers and barriers to individually tailored prescribing: a survey of healthcare professionals in the UK

 

Nurse prescriber

GP

Pharmacists

Total

Total number (% of sample)

n = 234 (52.7%)

n = 97 (21.8%)

n = 88 (19.8%)

419 (100%)

Gender

 Male (n, %)

31 (13.2%)

49 (50.5%)

54 (61.3%)

134 (32.0%)

 Female (n, %)

200 (85.5%)

48 (29.5%)

34 (38.7%)

282 (67.3%)

 Missing data

3 (1.3%)

0

0

3 (0.7%)

Career stage

 Early career: ≤5 years (n, %)

58 (24.8%)

5 (5.1%)

11 (12.5%)

74 (17.7%)

 Mid career: 6–15 years (n, %)

76 (32.4%)

27 (27.8%)

53 (60.2%)

156 (37.2%)

 Later career: 16+ years (n, %)

99 (42.3%)

65 (67%)

24 (27.2%)

188 (44.9%)

 Missing data

1 (0.4%)

0

0

1 (0.2%)

Location of practice

 England (n, %)

   

400 (95.5%)

 Scotland (n, %)

   

6 (1.4%)

 Ireland (n, %)

   

4 (0.9%)

 Wales (n, %)

   

9 (2.1%)

 Missing data

   

0

Reporting currently providing ITP

 Yes, always (n, %)

96 (41.0%)

13 (13.4%)

12 (13.6%)

121 (28.9%)

 Yes, sometimes (n, %)

96 (41.0%)

42 (43.3%)

78 (88.6%)

216 (51.6%)

 No (n, %)

28 (12.0%)

17 (17.5%)

5 (5.7%)

50 (11.9%)

 Missing data (n, %)

14 (6.0%)

16 (16.5%)

2 (2.3%)

32 (14.6%)