Process evaluation of a programme to empower community nurse leadership

BMC Nursing

Table 2 Sample characteristics of community nurses (n = 7) and team members that participated in the focus groups (n = 31) and completed the questionnaire (n = 69)^a

	Community nurses (n = 7)		Team members (n = 31)		Team members(n = 69)
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Gender
Female	6	85.7	30	96.8	67^b	97.1
Profession
Bachelor-educated nurse	7	100.0	4	12.9	9^b	13.0
Vocationally educated nurse			9	29.0	13	18.8
Certified nurse Assistant/Helping aid/Nursing student			18	58.1	45	65.2
Education
Master of science	2	28.6			9^c	13.0
Bachelor of nursing	5	71.4	5	16.1	18	26.1
Vocational training			11	35.5	38	55.1
Secondary training			15	48.4
	Median	Range [min-max]	Median	Range [min-max]	Median	Range [min-max]
Age in years	34	31 [26–56]	51	12.1 [22–61]	49^b	43 [21–64]
Work experience in years	14	31 [7–38]	22	11.0 [5–41]	19^c	47 [1–47]
Working hours per week	32	12 [24–36]	24	6.6 [8–36]	24^b	33 [7–40]

^aFor data of community nurses (n = 7) on the MAINtAIN-C Barriers, missing data of two respondents with one missing item was imputed. For data of team members (n = 69) on the MAINtAIN-C Barriers, missing data of three respondents were imputed (of whom one respondent had one missing item, one respondent had two missing items and one respondent had three missing items)
^bBased on n = 67 due to missing data
^cBased on n = 65 due to missing data

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