Individual interviews | Focus group participants | Total | |
---|---|---|---|
Total participants | 55 | 59 | 114 |
Gender | |||
• Female | 40 | 40 | 80 |
• Male | 15 | 19 | 34 |
• TOTAL | 55 | 59 | 114 |
Age | |||
• Median | 48 | 43 | 46 |
• Range | 31–68 | 27–73 | 27–73 |
Ethnicity | |||
• White British | 39 | 45 | 84 |
• White other | 4 | 4 | 8 |
• Black | 3 | 2 | 5 |
• Asian | 7 | 6 | 13 |
• Mixed | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Health professionals | |||
• Doctor | 3 | 29 | 32 |
• Nurse | 6 | 2 | 8 |
• Midwife | 0 | 1 | 1 |
• Physio | 0 | 4 | 4 |
• Occupational therapist | 1 | 1 | 2 |
• Paramedic | 1 | 0 | 1 |
• Clinical psychologist | 1 | 0 | 1 |
• Pharmacist | 1 | 0 | 1 |
• Dental hygienist | 1 | 0 | 1 |
TOTAL | 14 | 37 | 51 |
Recruited from | |||
• Online patient group | 31 | 48 | 79 |
• Social media | 17 | 11 | 27 |
• Other | 7 | 0 | 7 |
Hospital experience | |||
• Admitted to hospital | 3 [1 ITU] | 5 [1 ITU] | 8 [2 ITU] |
• Seen in A&E but not admitted | 7 | 16 | 23 |
• Did not go to hospital | 45 | 51 | 96 |