Trade-offs between voice and silence: a qualitative exploration of oncology staff’s decisions to speak up about safety concerns

Table 1 Characteristics of participants

Characteristic		Count	%
Age (median = 35 years, range = 23-62 years)
	20-35 years	18	56
	36-45 years	6	19
	46-65 years	8	25
Female gender		22	69
Profession/function
	Head nurse	3	9
	Nurse	15	47
	Resident	10	31
	Senior doctor	4	13
Primary workplace
	Ambulatory oncology unit	17	53
	Ward	15	47
Hospital type
	Regional	15	47
	University: Adult oncology	11	34
	University: Pediatric oncology	6	19
Months of work experience in oncology (median = 42 months, range = 2-312 months)
	1-18 months (<= 1.5 years)	13	41
	19-83 months (1.5 – 7 years)	8	25
	84 months and more (> = 7 years)	11	34

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