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. 2020 Aug 6;10(8):e037050. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-037050

Table 1.

Summary demographics of the participants

Country Finland France The Netherlands
Focus group session 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 3
N 9 9 10 9 7* 10 5* 6
Average age, mean 70.4 66 72.3 71.1 69.0 69.2 83.7
Gender, n (female/male) 3/6 8/2 3/6 2/5 4/6 2/3 3/3
Participants with at least a secondary education degree, n 4 3 8 6 6 4 6
Participants with a history of CVD, n 3 2 4 3 2 2 2
Internet literate participants 9 na 9 7 10 5 6

*The participants of these focus groups are a subset of the participants who attended the previous session.

CVD, Cardiovascular disease; na, not asked.