Table 2.

 Structural sample composition

Focus group	Number of people and gender	Age (years)	Profession1	Time with the disease/ time within the process (years)	Clinical condition
Group 1: DM1 Granada	4 women 3 men	16–65	Women: 1 housewife 1 untrained worker 1 full‐time employee (service sector) 1 liberal professional (education) Men: 1 student 1 full time employee (service sector) 1 liberal professional (business man)	2 people <2 2 people between 2 and 5 2 people between 5 and 10 1 person >10	4 people well controlled and without any complications 3 people with difficulties in controlling their condition but without complications
Group 2: DM2 Granada	4 women 4 men	50–80	Women: 2 housewives 1 full‐time employee (service sector), retired 1 liberal professional (civil servant) Men: 2 untrained workers, retired 1 full‐time employee (service sector) 1 liberal professional (business man)	2 people <2 2 people between 2 and 10 2 people between 10 and 15 2 people >15	4 people well controlled and without any complications 2 people with difficulties in controlling their condition but without complications 2 people with difficulties in controlling their condition and presenting the first complications
Group 3 DM1 Seville	4 women 4 men	18–65	Women: 1 housewife 1 untrained worker 1 full‐time employee (service sector) 1 liberal professional (business woman) Men: 1 student 1 untrained worker (construction) 1 full‐time employee (service sector) 1 liberal professional (business man)	2 people <2 2 people between 2 and 5 2 people between 5 and 10 2 people>10	4 people well controlled and without any complications 4 people with difficulties in controlling their condition but without complications
Group 4: DM2 Seville	4 women 4 men	50–80	Women: 2 housewives 1 full‐time employee (service sector) 1 liberal professional (civil servant), retired Men: 1 untrained worker 2 full‐time employee (service sector) 1 liberal professional (business man), retired	2 people <2 2 people between 2 and 10 2 people between 10 and 15 2 people >15	3 people well controlled and without any complications 3 people with difficulties in controlling their condition but without complications 2 people with difficulties in controlling their condition and presenting the first complications

¹Considering the profession as an indicator of social class, as identified by the Clasificación Nacional de Ocupaciones [Spanish National Occupational Classification] (Álvarez Dardet C, Alonso J, Domingo A, Regidor E. La medición de la clase social en ciencias de la salud. Barcelona [The measuring of social class in health sciences]: SG Editores, 1995).