“A false sense of confidence” The perceived role of inflammatory point-of-care testing in managing urinary tract infections in Dutch nursing homes: a qualitative study

Table 1 Characteristics of study respondents

Respondent	Profession	Years of work experience	Sex	Nursing home	Number of residents and type of ward	Number of sites	Experience with POCT
A-I	Nurse	25	Female	A-a	170 PG	2	No
A-II	Elderly care physician	4.5	Female	A-b	200 PG	2	No
A-III	Nurse	6	Female	A-b	200 PG	2	No
A-IV	Elderly care physician	14	Female	A-c	130 PG	1	No
A-V	Elderly care physician in training	5	Male	A-d	80 RB; 30 PG; 30 SOM	1	No
A-VI	Elderly care physician	19	Female	A-f	25 RB	1	No
A-VII	Nurse	29	Female	A-f	25 RB	1	No
A-VIII	Elderly care physician	18	Female	A-g	145 PG	2	No
B-I	Elderly care physician	35	Male				No
B-II	Elderly care physician in training	5	Female	^a	115 RB; 290 PG; 120 SOM	5	No
B-III	Elderly care physician in training	0.5	Male				No
B-IV	Elderly care physician	16	Female				No
B-V	Nurse practitioner	24	Female				No
B-VI	Nurse	30	Female				No
C-I	Elderly care physician	14	Female	C-a	90 PG	1	No
C-II	Nurse	34	Female	C-a	90 PG	1	No
D-I	Elderly care physician in training	1.5	Female	D-a	100 RB; 100 SOM	1	Yes
D-II	Elderly care physician	30	Male	D-a	100 RB; 100 SOM	1	Yes

POCT point-of-care testing, PG psychogeriatric, RB rehabilitation, SOM somatic
^a Physicians and nurses are not based at a single nursing home, but visit different nursing homes for consultations

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