Research Article

Action-Oriented Study Circles Facilitate Efforts in Nursing Homes to “Go from Feeding to Serving”: Conceptual Perspectives on Knowledge Translation and Workplace Learning

Table 2

Characteristics of participants and their evaluation of the study circles.

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Age, mean (SD)45.2 (10.0)
Gender, men/women, %4/96

Profession, %
 Auxiliary nurses or nursing assistants80
 Cook, kitchen helpers12
 Registered nurses3
 Team head, students, dietician3
 Home care, auxiliary nurses2

Number of years in current workplace, %
 Less than one year2
 One to five years14
 Six to ten years18
 Eleven to fifteen years6
 Sixteen to twenty years16
 More than twenty years44

Content–interesting, %
 Very interesting42
 Interesting56
 Neither nor 2
 Fairly/totally uninteresting0

Content–relevant, %
 Very relevant33
 Relevant61
 Somewhat relevant6
 Not very/not at all relevant0

Level of difficulty, %
 Very difficult0
 Difficult1
 Neither difficult nor easy 46
 Easy46
 Very easy7