Table 1.
The distribution of focus group participants along sexes, age categories and diseases
| Focus group* | Total number of participants | Sex | Age (years) | Disease | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | 0–15 | 16–30 | 31–45 | 46–60 | 61–75 | 76+ | Asthma | COPD | Asthma and COPD | Patient relatives | ||
| A1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| A2 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| L1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| L2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| H1 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| H2 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| H3 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 61 | 19 | 42 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 28 | 18 | 10 | 5 |
| Total (%) | 100 | 31 | 69 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 31 | 26 | 16 | 46 | 30 | 16 | 8 |
*The letters refer to the locations of the different focus groups.
A, Amsterdam; L, Leusden; H, Haren; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.