Table 1 Descriptive features of samples used within peer-reviewed published studies that used the RCC (abridged version described)
Author, date | Sample size, discipline breakdown, study setting (as published) | Summed Org’n (18–180) | Summed Team (19–190) | Summed Individual (14–140) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Current study | 59 Occupational Therapy and Social Work Victorian metropolitan public mental health service | 84.0 | 64.0 | 47.0 |
Brandenburg (2021) [16] | 124 Medical doctors: Consultants (72.5%), Junior doctor (12.9%), Registrar (12.1%), Not specified (3%) Gold Coast Health | 92.0 | 106.0 | 75.5 |
Lee (2020) [11] | 393 health professionals: Medical n = 72 (18%): Clinician (84.5%), Management/Executive (5.6%), Teaching/Research (9.9%); Nursing n = 139 (35%): Clinician (53.3%, Management/Executive (17.5%), Teaching/Research (29.2%); Allied Health n = 182 (46.3%): Clinician (61.2%), Management/Executive (19.1%), Teaching/Research (19.7%) [21% of total sample = teaching/research; 6% of total sample = management/executive] Western Sydney Local Health District | Medical 93.0 | Medical 111.5 | Medical 93.0 |
Nursing 93.5 | Nursing 73.0 | Nursing 63.5 | ||
Allied Health 79.5 | Allied Health 68.0 | Allied Health 74.0 | ||
Matus (2021) [7] | 320 Allied Health professionals: Physiotherapy (31%), Occupational Therapy (26%), Social Work (16%), Speech pathology (7%), Clinical Psychology/Clinical Neuropsychology (5%), Dietetics (4%), Other (4%), Allied health assistant (2%), Not disclosed (1.5%) [32% of sample reported research to be part of their role] South Metro Health Service in WA | 96.0 | 79.5 | 52.5 |
Matus (2019) [17] | 302 Allied health professionals and allied health assistants: Occupational Therapy (19%), Pharmacy (13%), Physiotherapy (12%), Psychology (11%), Speech pathology (10%), Nutrition & Dietetics (9%), Social Work (8%), Medical imaging (4%), Allied health assistant (3%), Other/prefer not to say (3%), Public Health (3%) Oral health (2%), Clinical measurements (2%), Orthoptics (< 1%), Welfare (< 1%) Gold Coast Health | 122.0 | 118.0 | 65.0 |
Alison (2017) [12] | 276 allied health professionals: Physiotherapy (30%), Occupational Therapy (19%), Nutrition & Dietetics (17%), Pharmacy (14%), Social Work (8%), Radiography (4%), Psychology (3%), Others (4%), Speech pathology (1%), Podiatry (1%) Sydney Local Health District | 114.0 | 107.0 | 68.0 |
Gill (2019) [10] | 776 Health organisation staff: Nursing (33.6%), Medical (16.4%), Allied Health (26.4%), Mental health (5.4%), Medical science (2.7%), Administration and clerical (7.9%), Corporate (3.7%), Other (3.9%) 8 of the 11 health service partners in the Western Alliance located in rural/regional Southwest Victoria | 96.0 | 95.0 | 70.0 |
Williams, Lazzarini (2015) [15] | 233 Podiatrists Across Australia in private (57%), public (31%) and non-clinical (12%) settings | 87.0 | 80.5 | 49.0 |
Lazzarini (2013)a [40] | 33 Podiatrists QLD Health in 2012 | 133.0 | 107.5 | 68.0 |
Williams, Miyazaki (2015) [9] | 539 Allied Health disciplines and all grades represented: Physiotherapy (27%), Occupational Therapy (16%), Dietetics (12%), Social Work (9%), Speech pathology (8%), Not specified (5%), Psychology (4%), Radiography (4%), Podiatry (3%), Audiology (2%), Music therapy (2%), Orthotics & Prosthetics (2%), Pharmacy (2%), Exercise physiology (1%), Oral Health (not dentistry) (1%), Radiation therapy (1%), Sonography (1%), Drug and alcohol (< 1%), Pathology (< 1%), Play therapy (< 1%), Orthoptist (< 1%) Victorian public health sector: metropolitan (83%) | 110.0 | 102.0 | 65.0 |
134 Allied health professionals: Allied health assistants (2%), Dieticians (7%), Occupational Therapists (18%), Physiotherapists (22%), Speech pathologists/Audiologists (7%), Social Workers (15%), Psychologists (4%), Other (10%), Missing (13%) QLD Health | 86.5 | 75.0 | 52.0 |