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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of frontline clinical staff

From: Barriers and facilitators to the effective de-escalation of conflict behaviours in forensic high-secure settings: a qualitative study

 

n

Gender

 Male

3

 Female

2

Age (years)a

 18–29

3

 30–39

–

 40–49

–

 50+

2

Occupation

 Nurse

2

 Healthcare assistant

3

Clinical experience (years)b

 < 12 months

–

 1–5 years

3

 6–10 years

–

 11–20 years

–

 21+ years

2

  1. Age (years)a: M = 38.8; SD = 16.90
  2. Clinical experience (years)b: M = 11.0; SD = 11.5