Table 1. Characteristics of Participants and Focus Groups.

Group	N	Age	Gender (n)		Chronic illness (n) a	Employment	English	Duration
		(range)	Male	Female			Region	(mins)
FG1	6	X	0	6	X	Psychology students	South	54
FG2	9	34–53	1	8	3	Mostly working	South West	62
FG3	7	54–75	3	4	6	Working, retired	South West	58
FG4	5	46–79	1	4	2	Retired	South West	51
FG5	5	49–80	2	3	1	Working, retired	South West	64
FG6	3	22–24	1	2	X	Health psychology students	South	31
FG7	4	21–23	2	2	X	Non- psychology students	South	28
FG8	6	19–71	3	3	X	Students, working, retired	Midlands	41
FG9	4	21–52	2	2	X	Students, working	Midlands	37
FG10	4	52–73	1	3	X	Retired	Midlands	25
FG11	5	24–49	2	3	X	Working	South	28

Note – X indicates data not collected.

^aSelf-reported.