Table 1 Characteristics of the research team
From: ‘Learning and growing together’: exploring consumer partnerships in a PhD, an ethnographic study
Characteristics | Details |
|---|---|
Age and gender | • Average age at recruitment 55.71 years (range 48–69) • 2 males (28.6%) |
Work and voluntary roles | • One hospital and community occupational therapy director and consumer partnering lead • One university professor and occupational therapy department head • One senior researcher in community rehabilitation services with an associate professor appointment and psychology degree • One retired pathology scientist and hospital volunteer • One retired primary care policy implementation manager and consumer advisor at national, state, and local levels • One retired university finance director and hospital volunteer • One semi-retired small business owner and hospital volunteer |
Health and consumer lived experiences | • One person with a disabling autoimmune condition • One person with a neurological condition that affected talking, eating, and drinking • One primary carer of an older person with a degenerative neurological condition • Three family members of elderly parents and relatives with multiple hospital admissions and primary care support needs • One sibling of a person living with a disability following severe brain injury • One person identifying as LGBTIQ + • One person with immigrant parents who did not speak English • One close friend of a person who had undergone long periods of involuntary admission to mental health inpatient units |