Table 1.
Focus group participant characteristics.
| Participant characteristics | Value | ||
| Patients with diabetes (4 focus groups, n=23) |
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Age (years), median (rangea) | 60 (22-81) | |
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Gender, n (%) |
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Women | 11 (48) |
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Men | 12 (52) |
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Diabetes duration (years), median (range) | 21 (3-64) | |
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Diabetes type, n (%) |
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Type 1 | 17 (74) |
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Type 2 | 6 (26) |
| Health-care professionals (6 focus groups, n=29) |
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Age (years), median (range) | 53 (36-70) | |
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Gender, n (%) |
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Women | 24 (83) |
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Men | 5 (17) |
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Role, n (%) |
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Diabetes specialist nurses | 23 (79) |
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Medical doctors | 6 (21) |
aMinimum to maximum.