Table 2 Demographic data of attendees
% (n) | |
|---|---|
Gender | |
Female | 88.6% (n = 286) |
Male | 10.8% (n = 35) |
Age | |
Mean | 22.5 years |
Range | 17–51 years |
Role | |
Student | 50.3% (n = 163) |
Patient or public attendee | 20.4% (n = 66) |
Professional | 5.3% (n = 17) |
Missing | 24.1% (n = 78) |
How attendees heard about the festival | |
Social Media | 28.4% (n = 92) |
Colleagues | 28.1% (n = 91) |
Poster/flyer | 5.6% (n = 18) |
Other organisation | 9.0% (n = 29) |
Other | 21.9% (n = 68) |
Missing | 8.0%(n = 26) |
Reasons for attending | |
Interest in or relevance of topic | 46.9% (n = 152) |
Wanted to increase knowledge and experience | 32.1% (n = 104) |
Invited | 6.5% (n = 20) |
No specific reason | 4.0% (n = 13) |
To share experience/represent community | 3.4% (n = 11) |
Opportunity to hear named speakers | 3.1% (n = 10) |
Missing | 4.3% (n = 14) |