Table 2.
Focus group demographics & knowledge of the asthma resources
| Focus group participants | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pharmacist group 1 | Pharmacist group 2 | Pharmacy assistant group | Practice nurse group | Asthma educator group | General practitioner group | Patients with asthma (patient) group | |
| Participant numbers Total (male:female) | 9 (3:6) | 10 (0:10) | 11 (1:10) | 6 (0:6) | 5 (0:5) | 6 (2:4) | 10 (4:6) |
| Age (Average) (Range) | 41.5 (26–57) | 31 (23–60) | 27.6 (19–49) | 61.7 (50–72) | 42.6 (23–60) | 49 (41–57) | 51.8 (21–80) |
| Hours of work (Full time) | 3 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 3 | N/A |
| Awareness of Asthma Action Plan card | 8 (89 %) | 10 (100 %) | 10 (91 %) | 2 (33 %) | 5 (100 %) | 1 (17 %) | 2 (20 %) |
| Use of Asthma Action Plan card (current or previous) | 5 (56 %) | 5 (50 %) | 5 (45 %) | 0 (0 %) | 2 (40 %) | 0 (0 %) | 0 (0 %) |
| Awareness of SABA guidelines | 8 (89 %) | 10 (100 %) | 0 (0 %) | 0 (0 %) | 5 (100 %) | 0 (0 %) | N/A |