Table 1.

Patient Characteristics

Patient Reference (All pseudonyms)	Health Status	Practice Size	Mean Deprivation Score
PP01-01 Mrs Thomson	No health problems	S	Low
PP01-02 Mr and Mrs Uphall	Parent with chronic conditions	S	Low
PP01-03 Ms Vickers	Parent with chronic stress-related problems/child with multiple disabilities	S	Low
PP01-04 Mrs Watson	Parent with chronic stress-related problems	S	Low
PP02-01 Mrs Peters	Parents with chronic conditions and 2 children with additional and complex needs	L	Low
PP02-02 Mrs Quinton	2 children with chronic conditions	L	Low
PP02-03 Mrs Richardson	Parent and 2 children with chronic conditions	L	Low
PP02-04 Mrs Smith	No particular health problems	L	Low
MP01-01 Mrs Anderson	Previous health problems with young child	S	High
MP01-02 Mrs Brown	Parent with chronic health problems	S	High
MP01-03 Ms Campbell	Parent with chronic health problem	S	High
MP01-04 Mrs Douglas	No particular health problems	S	High
MP02-01 Mr and Mrs Ewan	Both parents with chronic and debilitating health problems	L	High
MP02-02 Ms Forrest	Parent with chronic health problems	L	High
MP02-03 Mr George and Ms Grange	One parent with recent episode of ill-health	L	High
MP02-04 Mr Hendry and Ms Hamilton	Young child with chronic health problem	L	High
MP03-01 Mr and Mrs Inch	One parent with recent serious episode of ill-health	L	Low
MP 03-02 Ms Jackson	No reported health problems	L	Low
MP 03-03 Mrs Kyle	No reported health problems	L	Low
MP03-04 Ms Leishman	One parent with chronic health problems and child with recent health problems	L	Low
MP 04-01 Mrs Mooney	One parent had suffered from depressive illness	S	Low
MP 04-02 Ms Nichols	Recent stress-related illness and emergency care for children	S	Low
MP 04-03 Mr and Mrs O'Neill	Mother pregnant. No reported health problems	S	Low

S = small (3 GPs or less)

L = large (4 GPs or more)

PP = patients interviewed in the preliminary stage of the study

MP = patients interviewed in the main stage of the study