Table 1.
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.