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Table 1 Characteristics of study participants

From: Frailty: an in-depth qualitative study exploring the views of community care staff

Participant characteristics

Number of participants

Number of participants

22

Speciality

 

 Healthcare assistant (HCA)

2

 Nurse (N)

5 (3 Band 5a; 2 Band 6 b)

 Occupational therapist (OT)

4

 Physiotherapist (PT)

4

 Psychiatric nurse (CPN)

3

 Social worker (SW)

2

 Therapy assistant (TA)

2

Neighbourhood teams (NTs)

 

 NT1

7 (1HCA, 3 N, 2PT, 1SW)

 NT2

5 (1 N, 1CPN, 2OT, 1SW)

 NT3

6 (1HCA, 1TA, 2OT, 1PT, 1SW)

 NT4

4 (1 N, 1TA, 1OT, 1PT)

Years of experience

5 months – 20 years

Gender

 

 Male

1

 Female

21

  1. a staff nurses, bsenior staff nurses. HCA healthcare assistant, N nurse, OT occupational therapist, PT physiotherapist, CPN community psychiatric nurse, SW social worker, TA therapy assistant