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Participants
Women/men
Average age (SD)
Age range
Older people (n = 48)
37/11
84 (8)
65–94
Total nursing staff (n = 33)
27/6
42 (11)
23–59
Nurse assistants (n = 17)
15/2
44 (10)a
24–59
Registered nurses (n = 16)
12/4
40 (11)a
23–56
Visits
Average length of visits in minutes (SD)
Range of length of visits in minutes
Total (n = 196)
17 (14)
1–72
With nurse assistants (n = 99)
17 (14)
1–72
With registered nurses (n = 97)
17 (14)
1–70
aMissing data on 2 nurse assistants and 2 registered nurses