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Table 1 Characteristics of the study participants

From: “A constant struggle to receive mental health care”: health care professionals’ acquired experience of barriers to mental health care services in Rwanda

FGD

Setting

Number of participants and sex distribution

Age

Number of participants with specialized training in mental health

Profession

Mean (Min-Max)

(Male:Females)

1

Mental hospital

10 (7:3)

36.6 (29–50)

10

Psychiatrist (1)

Mental health nurses (8)

Clinical psychologist (1)

2

District hospital

7 (1:6)

32.4 (26–38)

2

Mental health nurse (1)

Clinical psychologist (1)

General nursing (5)

3

Mental health center

7 (4:3)

32.0 (27–46)

7

Psychiatrist (1)

Mental health nurse (4)

Clinical psychologist (2)

4

District hospital

7 (4:3)

38.1 (28–59)

1

General nurses (5)

Mental health nurse (1)

General nurse for gender based violence (1)

5

Psychosocial center

6 (3:3)

32.5 (26–40)

6

Mental health nurses (5)

Clinical psychologists(1)

6

District hospital

6 (1:5)

32.0 (27–44)

2

Mental health nurse (1)

General nurses (4)

Clinical psychologist (1)

Total

43 (20:23)

34.2 (26–59)

28

 
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