Opioid-specific harm reduction in the emergency department: how staff provide harm reduction and contextual factors that impact their capacity to engage in harm reduction practice

Table 1 Staff survey: participant characteristics and length of work (n = 99)

Participant characteristic	n (%)
Self-identified gender (n = 98)
Woman	61 (61.6)
Man	37 (37.4)
Age (n = 91)
Mean (SD)	38.7 (10.9)
Range	25–67
Occupation (n = 98)
Nurse	51 (52.0)
Physician	47 (48.0)
Employment status
Regular ^a	89 (89.9)
Casual ^b	6 (6.1)
Temporary ^c	4 (4.0)
Length of time in occupation
\(\:\le\:\) 5 years	44 (44.4)
\(\:\ge\:\) 6 years	55 (55.6)
Length of time in ED practice
\(\:\le\:\) 5 years	50 (50.5)
\(\:\ge\:\) 6 years	49 (49.5)
Length of time in current ED
\(\:\le\:\) 5 years	59 (59.6)
\(\:\ge\:\) 6 years	40 (40.4)

^a “Regular” refers to permanent employment in a full-time or part-time position.
^b “Casual” refers to employment on an on-call basis without holding a full time or part time position.
^c “Temporary” refers to employment in a full-time or part-time position but only until the staff member who holds the permanent position returns from leave.

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