Demographics of research nurse respondents
| Characteristic | No. of respondents | % |
| Evaluable responses | 341 | |
| Age of patients cared for (years) | ||
| <1 | 284 | 83 |
| 1–3 | 278 | 82 |
| 4–10 | 295 | 87 |
| 11–16 | 287 | 84 |
| >16 | 234 | 69 |
| Length of time working as a research nurse (years) | ||
| <3 | 106 | 31 |
| 3–5 | 90 | 26 |
| 6–10 | 81 | 24 |
| >10 | 48 | 14 |
| Unknown | 16 | 4.7 |
| Country | ||
| UK | 189 | 55 |
| France | 22 | 6.5 |
| Germany | 16 | 4.7 |
| Norway | 16 | 4.7 |
| Spain | 15 | 4.4 |
| Ireland | 14 | 4.1 |
| Switzerland | 13 | 3.8 |
| Netherlands | 11 | 3.2 |
| Denmark | 10 | 2.9 |
| Austria | 8 | 2.3 |
| Finland | 7 | 2.0 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1.7 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1.2 |
| Portugal | 3 | 0.9 |
| Other* | 7 | 2.3 |
| Number of specialties | ||
| 1 | 116 | 34 |
| 2 | 73 | 21 |
| 3–4 | 46 | 13 |
| 5–9 | 84 | 25 |
| 10–14 | 18 | 5.3 |
| 15–20 | 4 | 1.2 |
*Country grouping ‘other’ includes Italy (2), Greece (2), Hungary (1), Luxembourg (1) and Turkey (1).