Table 1 Characteristics of respondents

Patients

N = 80

N = 24

Gender

  Male

42 (53)

10 (42)

Age

  < 18

-

-

  18–44

1 (1)

5 (21)

  45–64

33 (41)

5 (21)

  65–74

36 (45)

11 (46)

  75 + 

10 (13)

3 (12)

Nurses

N = 29

N = 17

Educational background

  Practice nurse

14 (48)

5 (63)

  GP assistant

15 (52)

3 (37)

Years of experience with fingerstick blood sampling mean (SD)

12.9 (11.5)

8.3 (9.2)

Number of POC tests performed

  < 5

10 (36)

-

  6–10

-

2 (12)

  11–15

3 (11)

4 (24)

  16–20

1 (4)

1 (6)

  > 20

14 (50)

5 (29)