Table 5.

Interpersonal problems and number of mentions (total and by diagnostic group)

Interpersonal problems	NF1	PSC	PAH	MFS	Total N
Shared aspects named by two diagnostic groups
Burden for close others	1			6	7
Problems setting boundaries	2			4	6
Shared aspects named by three diagnostic groups
Stigmatisation/discrimination	13		1	2	16
Lack of social/emotional/psychological support		1	3	4	8
The way others deal with the disease is perceived as counterproductive	1		4	3	8
Illness is invisible for others	1		1	1	3
Shared aspects named by all four diagnostic groups
Others lack understanding of the disease	6	5	5	6	22

Numbers represent the total number of mentions and are displayed for each diagnosis individually as well as across all diagnostic groups; grey cells represent categories, which were mentioned at least once in a diagnostic group.

MFS, Marfan syndrome; NF1, neurofibromatosis type 1; PAH, pulmonary arterial hypertension; PSC, primary sclerosing cholangitis.