Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of focus group participants
| Focus Group | 1* N=6 |
2* N=4 |
3* N=5 |
4* N=9 |
5 N=8 |
6 N=6 |
7 N=6 |
8 N=10 |
9 N=6 |
10 N=4 |
11 N=6 |
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| Mean Age ± SD (range) | 67 ± 8.12 (57–79) | 69 ± 8.04 (57–74) | 69.6 ± 12.99 (53–79) | 51 ± 11.92 (29–70) | 53.9 ± 8.17 (42–65) | 52.4 ± 8.16 (38–60) | 58.8 ± 13.8 (33–69) | 47.5 ± 14.4 (21–76) | 45.1 ± 8.08 (32–57) | 44.2 ± 15.78 (21–55) | 28.3 ± 3.14 (24–32) |
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| % Female | 100 | 100 | 100 | 78 | 50 | 68 | 100 | 70 | 100 | 0 | 33 |
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| Marital Status (%) | |||||||||||
| Single | 17 | 25 | 20 | 33 | 63 | 67 | 17 | 70 | 83 | 50 | 33 |
| Married | 33 | 50 | 20 | 57 | -- | 33 | 67 | -- | 17 | 50 | 67 |
| Divorced | 50 | 25 | 60 | 11 | 37 | -- | 17 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
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| Education (%) | |||||||||||
| < HS | -- | -- | 20 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 20 | 33 | 25 | -- |
| HS | -- | -- | -- | 11 | -- | 17 | -- | 20 | 50 | 50 | -- |
| Some college | 33 | 25 | 80 | 44 | 75 | 33 | -- | 40 | 17 | 25 | -- |
| Bachelors or > | 67 | 75 | -- | 44 | 25 | 50 | 100 | 20 | -- | -- | 100 |
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| Income (%) | |||||||||||
| <$10K | 17 | -- | 40 | 44 | 29 | 17 | -- | 60 | 83 | 50 | -- |
| >10– ≤20K | 13 | -- | -- | -- | 57 | 17 | -- | 20 | 17 | 50 | -- |
| >20- ≤40K | 17 | 50 | 60 | 33 | 14 | -- | -- | 10 | -- | -- | 33 |
| >40K | 33. | 50 | -- | 22 | -- | 67 | 100 | 10 | -- | -- | 50 |
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| Participated in research studies | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
*
All participants had participated in research.