Current Status and Challenges of Support Environments for New Graduate Occupational Therapists in Japanese Hospitals: A Mixed Method Study

Table 1

Basic information about the respondents and their hospitals ().

		%
Respondent’s years of experience as an occupational therapist
1–5 years	42	11.0
6–10 years	59	15.3
11–15 years	119	30.9
16–20 years	96	24.9
Over 21 years	69	17.9
Respondent’s type of hospital
University hospitals	10	2.6
General hospitals	335	87.1
Psychiatric hospitals	32	8.3
Clinics	2	0.5
Others	6	1.5
Number of occupational therapists affiliated with the respondent’s hospital
10–20 persons	226	58.7
21–30 persons	89	23.1
31–40 persons	29	7.5
More than 41 persons	41	10.7
Number of new graduate occupational therapists hired by respondent’s hospital in the last 5 years
0	0	0.0
1–5	117	30.4
6–10	113	24.5
11–15	75	19.5
16–20	21	5.6