Table 2

Characteristics of Participating Health Care Assistants and Doctors

Participant CharacteristicHealth Care AssistantsDoctors
Number of participantsa1,480599
Response rate, %54.5163.12
Female, %98.342.7
Age, No. (%), y
 ≤30452 (30.5)2 (0.3)
 31–40295 (19.9)55 (9.2)
 41–50448 (30.3)177 (29.5)
 51–60243 (16.4)246 (41.1)
 >6039 (2.6)114 (19.0)
Professional experience, No. (%)
 <1 year46 (3.1)9 (1.5)
 1–5 years202 (13.6)27 (4.5)
 5–10 years209 (14.1)57 (9.5)
 10–20 years411 (27.8)133 (22.2)
 ≥20 years584 (39.5)360 (60.1)
Weekly working time, mean hr27.047.4
  • a There were 32 participants with missing data.