Table 3.

Demographic information of focus group sample

Patient characteristics	Frequency (%)
Demographic information
Age (mean, SD)	43 (14.5)
Gender*
Male	1 (7%)
Female	9 (64%)
Trans female	1 (7%)
Agender	1 (7%)
Non-binary/genderqueer	1 (7%)
Non-binary	1 (7%)
Sex assigned at birth
Male	10 (71%)
Female	3 (21%)
Intersex	1 (7%)
Race
White	13 (93%)
Mixed white/Asian	1 (7%)
Ethnicity
British	9 (64%)
Scottish	1 (7%)
Mixed British/European/Middle-Eastern	1 (7%)
Mixed British/Irish	2 (14%)
Mixed Russian/Jewish	1 (7%)
Healthcare professional characteristics
Demographic information	Frequency (%)
Age (mean, SD)	46 (11.3)
Gender
Female	9 (90%)
Male	1 (10%)
Sex assigned at birth
Female	9 (90%)
Prefer not to answer	1 (10%)
Race
White	8 (80%)
Asian	1 (10%)
Mixed white/Asian/black	1 (10%)
Ethnicity
British	7 (70%)
Scottish	1 (10%)
Chinese	1 (10%)
Mixed	1 (10%)
Healthcare professional role
Nurse	3 (30%)
Speech and language therapist	1 (10%)
Peer support worker	2 (20%)
Physician	3 (30%)
Assistant psychologist	1 (10%)

*Participants were asked about gender and sex assigned at birth using the two-step method, where participants were first asked their gender and then their sex assigned at birth through an open-ended response