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. 2024 Dec 3;34(3):763–775. doi: 10.1007/s11136-024-03850-6

Table 3.

Basic information of patients in each stage

Concept Elicitation Cognitive Debriefing
Patient Focus Group (N = 12) Individual Interviews
(N = 32)
Patient interviews
(N = 20)
Age (Mean ± SD, years) 65.0 ± 6.0 65.1 ± 6.5 67.8 ± 4.8
Sex, n (%)
 Male 3 (25.0%) 8 (25.0%) 6 (30%)
 Female 9 (75.0%) 24 (75.0%) 14 (70%)
Postoperative time (M) 18.5 ± 6.7 17.8 ± 4.3 16.9 ± 4.7
Employment status
 In work 3 (25%) 9 (28.1%) 4 (20%)
 Be unemployed 1 (8.3%) 2 (6.3%) 2 (10%)
 Retired 8 (66.7%) 21 (65.6%) 14 (70%)
Living situation
 Living alone 1 (8.3%) 4 (12.5%) 2 (10%)
 With spouse 7 (58.3%) 20 (62.5%) 13 (65%)
 With children 4 (33.3%) 8 (25%) 5 (25%)
Education
 Primary school or below 2 (16.7%) 5 (15.6%) 3 (15%)
 Middle school 5 (41.7%) 12 (37.5%) 6 (30%)
 High school or above 4 (33.3%) 12 (37.5%) 9 (45%)
 University 1 (8.3%) 3 (9.4%) 2 (10%)

M: Months