Table 5 Characteristics of knowledge user survey respondents (n = 201)
Characteristic | N (%) |
|---|---|
Gender | |
 Women | 132 (65.7) |
 Men | 66 (32.8) |
 Prefer not to answer | 3 (1.5) |
Age range (years) | |
 25–34 | 22 (10.9) |
 35–44 | 50 (24.9) |
 45–54 | 63 (31.3) |
 55–64 | 46 (22.9) |
 65–74 | 19 (9.5) |
 75–84 | 1 (0.5) |
Primary role* | |
 Researcher or scientist | 119 (59) |
 Clinician scientist | 40 (20) |
 Decision-maker (managers, directors, clinicians, funders, policy-makers) | 26 (13) |
 Knowledge user | 10 (5) |
 Graduate student | 4 (2) |
 Other | 2 (1) |
Setting of employment (n= 195) | |
 University or College | 110 (56.4) |
 Hospital | 43 (22.1) |
 Government | 15 (7.7) |
 Not for profit agency or organization, foundation, non-government organization | 10 (5.1) |
 Research institute | 6 (3.1) |
 Other | 11 (5.6) |
Primary area of expertise | |
 Health services | 51 (25.4) |
 KT/Implementation science | 44 (21.9) |
 Medicine | 30 (14.9) |
 Public health | 28 (13.9) |
 Psychology | 11 (5.5) |
 Nursing | 8 (4.0) |
 Policy | 3 (1.5) |
 Epidemiology | 3 (1.5) |
 Technology | 3 (1.5) |
 Allied health | 2 (1.0) |
 Engineering | 2 (1.0) |
 Pharmacy | 2 (1.0) |
 Other | 14 (7.0) |