Table 2.

Characteristics of participants in the qualitative studies

	Patients		Professionals (number)
Study	Mean age of patients	Proportion of male patients	Doctors (all general practitioners (GPs) except where stated)	Nurses	Therapists	Managers and Administrators
COPD pilot [8]	68	59%	4	6	3	12
BP trial [9]	61	60%	9	11
BP after stroke pilot trial [10]	66	75%		4
COPD Trial [11]	68	47%	3 GPs, 1 respiratory specialist	9	6	12
Heart Failure [12]	75	61%	1	4
Diabetes trial [13]	60	65%	4	6
COPD “light touch” [14]	67	50%		3	5	6