Table 1 Selected characteristics of study participants involved in 17 focus groups and 48 key informant interviews
Total # of participants (focus groups) | N = 128 |
Characteristic | No. (%) |
Gender | |
Male | 20 (16%) |
Female | 108 (84%) |
Profession | |
Primary Care Physician | 42 (33%) |
Admin/MOA/clerical staff | 29 (23%) |
Registered Nurse | 16 (12%) |
Clinic manager / coordinator / director | 14 (11%) |
Other clinicians (social worker, pharmacist, dieticians) | 10 (8%) |
Licensed Practical Nurse / Registered Practical Nurse | 9 (7%) |
Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant | 6 (5%) |
Family Medicine Residents | 2 (1%) |
Province | |
Alberta | 69 (54%) |
Ontario | 38 (30%) |
Newfoundland & Labrador | 21 (16%) |
Total # of participants (key informant interviews) (2 PPs completed a second interview when they left role) | N = 25 |
Characteristic | |
Gender | |
Male | 2 |
Female | 23 |
Profession | |
Registered Nurse | 3 |
Licensed or Registered Practical Nurse | 7 |
Physician | 7 |
Nurse practitioner | 1 |
Dietician | 1 |
Pharmacist | 1 |
Clinic director | 1 |
Clinic coordinator | 1 |
Clinic medical assistant | 1 |
Kinesiologist | 1 |
Research Assistant | 1 |
Province | |
Alberta | 12 |
Ontario | 7 |
Newfoundland & Labrador | 6 |
Note: We had a total of 132 participants. 128 participants were part of focus groups, 25 participants were part of key informant interviews, most of them participated in both. | |