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Table 2 Demographic characteristics of interview participants

From: Understanding professional advice networks in long-term care: an outside-inside view of best practice pathways for diffusion

 

Advice seekers

Boundary spanners

Opinion leaders

Total

Professional role

 Senior leadership position in an LTC facility

22

4

1

27

 Corporate-level position in LTC organization

0

0

2

2

 Position in regional health authority/government

0

0

10

10

Works at > 1 facility1

3

2

0

5

Owner-operator model of facility1

 Public not-for-profit

5

2

0

7

 Private for-profit

5

0

0

5

 Voluntary not-for-profit

9

2

0

11

 Private not-for-profit

2

0

1

3

 Missing

1

0

0

1

Number of beds in facility1

 0–79

8

0

0

8

 80–120

7

1

0

8

 > 120

6

3

1

10

 Missing

1

0

0

1

Gender

 Women

21

4

13

38

 Men

1

0

0

1

Age

 20–39

1

0

1

2

 40–59

20

1

11

32

 60 +

1

3

1

5

First language

 English

22

4

13

39

Education

 Diploma/certificate

9

3

1

13

 Bachelors

8

0

6

14

 Graduate

5

1

6

12

Professional background

 Nursing

18

4

12

34

 Business

2

0

1

3

 Other

2

0

0

2

Tenure in LTC [M (SD)]

15.52 (9.98)

20.00 (10.68)

14.54 (10.48)

15.66 (10.06)

Tenure in current job [M (SD)]

6.82 (5.40)

8.25 (4.43)

5.31 (3.47)

6.46 (4.72)

  1. Source authors’ analysis, LTC (long-term care)
  2. 1Applicable to those (n = 27) working in senior leadership positions in LTC facilities only