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Table 1 Demographic characteristics, affiliated institutions and duration of interviews (n = 23)

From: A qualitative study to investigate Swiss hospital personnel’s perceived importance of and experiences with patient’s mental–somatic multimorbidities

Characteristics

Physician (n = 8)

Nurse (n = 10)*

Age [years]

 Mean (SD)

38.8 (10.2)

43.4 (13.5)

 Range

28–59

26–62

Sex [N]

 Female

5

8

 Male

3

2

Years in profession

 Mean (SD)

10.1 (10.1)

18.5 (13.4)

 Range

3–32

4–35

Hospital [N]

 University Hospital Basel

4

7

 Bethesda Hospital

4

3

Department [N]

 Rheumatology

1

1

 Rehabilitation

1

1

 Internal Medicine

3

6

 Gynecology

1

1

 Psychosomatics

2

1

Duration of interview [min]

 Mean (SD)

26.6 (7.5)

34.2 (9.6)

 Range

14.6–35.4

19.0–46.3

  1. The table represents the number of interviewees in categorical variables (sex, hospital, department) and the mean, standard deviation (SD) and range of continuous variables (age, years in profession, duration of interview).
  2. *including one psychologist belonging to the CL service
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BMC Psychiatry

ISSN: 1471-244X

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