Table 2 Participants’ characteristics
From: Healthcare providers perspectives on compassion training: a grounded theory study
Mean Age (Years) | 48.6 |
Men | 14 (8) |
Women | 86 (49) |
Mean number of years in palliative care (range) | 11.8 |
Employment Status* | |
Full-time | 57.8 (33) |
Part-time | 33.3 (19) |
Casual | 7.0 (4) |
Profession | |
Registered Nurse | 45.6 (26) |
Physicians | 22.8 (13) |
Healthcare Aide | 7.0 (4) |
Spiritual Care Specialist | 5.2 (3) |
Unit Clerk | 3.5 (2) |
Occupational Therapist | 3.5 (2) |
Licensed Practical Nurse | 3.5 (2) |
Housekeeper | 1.7 (1) |
Social Worker | 1.7 (1) |
Psychologist | 1.7 (1) |
Respiratory Therapist | 1.7 (1) |
Physiotherapist | 1.7 (1) |
Care Setting** | |
Home Care | 29.8 (17) |
Hospice | 26.3 (15) |
Hospital Dedicated Palliative Care Unit | 21.0 (12) |
Hospital Palliative Care Consult Service | 14.0 (8) |
Palliative Care Administrator | 7.0 (4) |
Outpatient Oncology Palliative Care Consult Service | 5.2 (3) |
Rural Palliative Care Consult Service | 5.2 (3) |
Other | 1.7 (1) |
Religious Affiliation* | |
Christian | 52.6 (30) |
Buddhist | 7.0 (4) |
Jewish | 3.5 (2) |
Muslim | 1.7 (1) |
Hindu | 1.7 (1) |
None | 31.5 (18) |
Religious and Spiritual Status* | |
Spiritual and Religious | 33.3 (19) |
Spiritual but not Religious | 56.1 (32) |
None | 8.7 (5) |