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Table 4 Characteristics of focus group panelists (group II)

From: Implementation of mifepristone medical abortion in Canada: pilot and feasibility testing of a survey to assess facilitators and barriers

 

Focus group 1 (n = 5)

Focus group 2 (n = 6)

Focus group 3 (n = 5)

Focus group 4 (n = 6)

Focus group 5 (n = 3)

Total, n (%)

Discipline

 Family practice

3

4

3

2

2

14 (56%)

 Obstetrics-gynecology (OB-GYN)

2

2

2

4

1

11 (44%)

Experience* (years)

 No abortion experience

1

 

1

 

1

3 (8%)

 Less than 5

 

1

1

1

1

4 (15%)

 5–9

1

 

1

  

2 (13%)

 10–19

 

2

2

 

1

4 (15%)

 20+

3

2

 

1

 

6 (24%)

Primary practice type

 Hospital

2

2

1

3

2

10 (40%)

 Clinic

2

1

1

3

1

8 (32%)

 Primary care

 

2

3

  

5 (20%)

Gender

 Male

 

2

2

6

 

10 (40%)

 Female

5

4

3

 

3

15 (60%)

Province

 British Columbia

5

4

5

  

14 (56%)

 Ontario

   

6

2

8 (32%)

 Nova Scotia

    

1

1 (4%)

 Territories

 

2

   

2 (8%)

Setting

 Urban

5

 

3

6

2

16 (64%)

 Rural

 

6

2

 

1

9 (36%)

Total

     

25 (100%)

  1. *Experience refers to the number of years the participant has been providing abortion services (medical, surgical, or both) after post-graduate training; numbers may not add up to 100% due to incomplete data
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