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Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: Persistent symptoms after Covid-19: qualitative study of 114 “long Covid” patients and draft quality principles for services

 

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

  1. A&E Accident and Emergency department, ITU intensive therapy unit