Table 1 Individual characteristics of the participants in qualitative and quantitative phases

Participants

Age (year)

Work experience (year)

Triage nurses

Female

Male

10.5 ± 39.38

8.79 ± 12.32

N = 8

N = 12

General practitioners

Female

Male

42.12 ± 5.43

3.16 ± 12.5

N = 1

N = 1

Emergency medicine specialists

Female

Male

3.27 ± 47.13

3.32 ± 10.19

N = 1

N = 1

Divergent validity

Age (year) Triage nurses

Work experience (year)

Triage nurses

Female

Male

35.47 ± 6.39

9.58 ± 3.43

N = 33

N = 67

Construct validity (factor analysis)

Female

Male

37.86 ± 5.83

4.57 ± 10.78

N = 105

N = 245

Assessment of reliability (test-retest)

Female

Male

33.73 ± 3.29

7.56 ± 3.64

N = 15

N = 35