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Table 2 Demographic and professional characteristics of the staff participated in the study

From: Application of four-dimension criteria to assess rigour of qualitative research in emergency medicine

Characteristics

Number of participants (n = 119)

% of total participants

Gender

 Male

57

48

 Female

62

52

Role in the ED

 ED Directors (ED Dir/Deputy Dir/Acting Dir)

21

18

 ED Physicians (Staff Spec, Registrars)

43

36

 ED Nurses (NUMs, CNCs, Nurse Coordinator)

44

37

 Data or Administrator (data managers, admin)

11

9

Time of service in ED (years)

 Mean

13.5

 

 Range

3–33

 

 Median

12

 

State/territory of service

 NSW/ACT

52

44

 QLD

37

31

 WA

30

25

  1. Dir represents ‘Director’, NUM Nursing unit manager, CNC Clinical nurse consultant