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Table 1 Participant demographics

From: Engaging diverse patients in a diverse world: the development and preliminary evaluation of educational modules to support diversity in patient engagement research

Variable

Total sample (n = 74)

Mean age

39.6 (SD = 12.02)

Gender

Woman

58 (78.4%)

Man

13 (17.6%)

Non-binary/gender non-conforming

3 (4.1%)

Race/ethnicity

White

58 (78.4%)

East Asian

10 (13.5%)

Latin American

2 (2.7%)

South Asian

1 (1.4%)

Middle Eastern

1 (1.4%)

Indigenous (Inuit, Métis, and/or First Nations)

0 (0.0%)

Black

0 (0.0%)

Decline to answer

2 (2.7%)

Researcher status

Affiliated with an academic institution

42 (56.8%)

Trainee

21 (28.4%)

Clinician researcher

5 (6.8%)

Independent researcher

2 (2.7%)

Other

4 (5.4%)

Region of residence in BC

Vancouver

53 (71.6%)

Fraser (includes Simon Fraser University downtown)

9 (12.2%)

Vancouver Island

7 (9.5%)

Northern

3 (4.1%)

Interior

2 (2.7%)

Community identity

Immigrant, refugee, racialized and/or ethnocultural

19 (25.7%)

Disabled

13 (17.6%)

LGBTQ2S+ 

7 (9.5%)

Rural-remote

3 (4.1%)

d/Deaf

1 (1.4%)

None of the above

31 (41.9%)

Member of the same community in module

Immigrant, refugee, racialized and/or ethnocultural

9 (12.2%)

Disabled

6 (8.1%)

LGBTQ2S+ 

5 (6.8%)

d/Deaf

3 (4.1%)

Rural-remote

2 (2.7%)

No

49 (66.2%)