Table 1.
Characteristics of the study practices' patient population and the participants interviewed.
| Characteristics | (n) |
|---|---|
| Study practice's patient population (n = 5)a | |
| Socioeconomic | |
| Deprived | 1 |
| Mixed deprivation | 3 |
| Affluent | 1 |
| Ethnicity | |
| Some ethic minorities | 3 |
| Predominately white British | 2 |
| Participants (n = 30) | |
| Professional group | |
| GP | 12 |
| Practice nurse | 10 |
| Health visitor | 4 |
| School nurse | 4 |
| Sex | |
| Female | 24 |
| Male | 6 |
| Age, years | |
| 30–39 | 2 |
| 40–49 | 15 |
| 50–59 | 13 |
| Range | 32–58 |
| Years since qualified | |
| ≤5 | 1 |
| 6–10 | 3 |
| 11–20 | 5 |
| 21–30 | 12 |
| 31–40 | 9 |
| Range | 3–38 |
a
As described by participants.