Table 1.

Details of self-help group meetings

Number of meetings held	10
Number attended/number invited	59/146
Attendance per group (range)	4 to 9
Number of female attendees (%)	53 (90%)
Age range years (mean)	22–6 (45)
Years since diagnosis (mean)	0–31 (6)
In employment (%)	36 (61%)
Educated to degree level (%)	17 (29%)