Table 2.

Second survey demographics

Participant category	Age range (years)	Pessary experience
278 completed responses (255 online and 23 paper responses) from:
Women (n=114)	18—‘over 80’	58% with experience of pessary use ranging from ‘less than 2 weeks’ to ‘over 5 years’ 9% having refused a pessary
HCPs (n=76)	18–80	92% treating women with prolapse 38% fitting pessaries
Those identifying as being both HCP and a woman with experience of prolapse (n=26)	77% in the age range ‘31–59’	96% with personal experience of pessary use 15% fitting pessaries 69% treating women with prolapse
Other (n=11) including carers, retired HCPs, researchers and Pilates instructors	31–80
Did not indicate demographics (n=52)

HCP, healthcare professional.