Table 1.

Baseline demographics

	n	Median	Range
Age (years)	131	60	16–85 (58.8% aged 55–74)
	Unknown: 4
	N = 135

	n	Valid%
Role in group
Patient	88	65.2
Carer	32	23.7
Professional	4	3.0
Other	7	5.2
Unknown	4	3.0
N	135
Gender
Male	42	31.8
Female	90	68.2
Unknown	3
N	135
Ethnic Origin
White‐British	123	92.5
Black or Black British‐Caribbean	4	3.0
Black or Black British‐African	3	2.3
Chinese or other ethnic background‐Chinese	3	2.3
Unknown	2
N	135