Table 4

 Frequency and percentage of subjects that have been studied in publications with an empirical, quantitative, and/or qualitative design

Frequency% Emp PublN Emp Publ% QuantN Quant% QualQual% CombN Comb
Some publications studied more than one subject. As a consequence, percentages will be higher than 100%.
Nursing staff22.5%9819.2%5428.6%4028.6%4
Patients22.3%9721.7%6125%357.1%1
Physicians21.1%9225.3%7113.6%1914.3%2
Students10.6%4614.6%411.4%221.4%3
Ethicists & ethics committees5.7%257.8%221.4%27.1%1
General public4.8%217.5%210%00%0
Caregivers4.4193.9%115%77.1%1
Relatives of patients4.1%182.8%85.7%814.3%2
Parents3%131.8%55.7%80%0
Responses to open ended questions2.8%120%06.4%921.4%3
Women2.5%111.1%35.7%80%0
Minors2.3%100.7%25.7%80%0
Patient records2.3%103.6%100%00%0
Population groups1.8%81.1%33.6%50%0
Teaching staff1.6%72.1%60.7%10%0
Research personnel1.4%62.1%60%00%0
Hospital administrators1.1%51.1%30.7%17.1%1
Other9.7%426.8%1915%2114.3%2
Total54034617420