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Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: Developing an emotional coping skills workbook for inpatient psychiatric settings: a focus group investigation

 

Focus Group 1

Focus Group 2

Focus Group 3

Focus Group 4

One-to-One Interviews

Total N

6

10

8

11

2

Hospital

1

2

2

1

1 & 2

Banding (NHS Afc a)

≤  5

≤  5

≥  6

≥  6

≥  6

Gender, N (%)

Men

5 (83)

3 (30)

2 (25)

5 (45)

N/a

Women

1 (17)

7 (70)

6 (75)

6 (55)

2 (100)

Ethnicity, N (%)

White

2 (33)

3 (30)

3 (38)

1 (9)

2 (100)

BAME

4 (67)

7 (70)

5 (62)

10 (91)

N/a

Staff role,

N (%)

Unqualified nursing staff

4 (67)

6 (60)

N/a

N/a

N/a

Qualified nursing staff

2 (33)

3 (30)

N/a

2 (8)

N/a

Occupational therapist

N/a

1 (10)

2 (25)

N/a

N/a

Senior nursing staff b

N/a

N/a

6 (75)

9 (82)

N/a

Clinical psychologist

N/a

N/a

N/a

N/a

2 (100)

Years experience working in inpatient mental health care, M (SD)

5.7 (3.7)

4.8 (6.1)

8.6 (3.9)

11.4 (6.4)

  1. aNHS Job Evaluation Handbook (2016), NHS Terms and Conditions of Service (2017)
  2. bIncludes clinical team nursing leads and ward manager