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Table 3 Description of patient and other focus group participants

From: Clinicians’ and patients’ views of metrics of change derived from patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) for comparing providers’ performance of surgery

Group

Sex

Operation

Age (years)

Socio- Economic Status (IMD* quintiles)

Not known

 

M

F

Hip

Knee

VVs

none

40-55

56-75

>75

1

2

3

4

5

-

A (N = 8)

3

5

5

2

0

1

2

3

3

2

0

0

0

0

6

B (N = 7)

4

3

2

3

0

2

2

3

2

0

2

1

3

0

1

C (N = 6)

4

2

0

4

0

2

1

2

3

0

2

2

2

0

0

D (N = 8)

4

4

0

8

0

0

2

4

2

3

2

2

1

0

0

E (N = 9)

5

4

8

0

0

1

1

4

4

1

2

3

2

1

0

F (N = 7)

2

5

0

0

7

0

1

5

1

1

1

4

1

0

0

Totals (N = 45)

22

23

15

17

7

6

9

21

15

7

9

12

9

1

7

  1. *Index of multiple deprivation, 1 least deprived to 5 most deprived, or NK = Not known.
  2. VVs = varicose vein surgery.
  3. A &B) London, C) Birmingham, D) Sheffield, E) Liverpool, F) Bournemouth.