Table 1. Emergent themes: Frequency of mentions across high risk sub-groups.
| Theme | Frequency of sub-group mentions (Yes:No), unless otherwise stated. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (N = 538) | BMI ≥ 40 kg/m2 (N = 142) | Chronic Respiratory Disease (N = 179) | Chronic Heart Disease (N = 132) | Chronic Kidney Disease (N = 147) | Chronic Liver Disease (N = 49) | Chronic Neurological Disease (N = 35) | Spleen Problems (N = 16) | Weakened Immune System (N = 159) | Aged > 70 years (N = 178) | Pregnant (N = 21) | Other Risk Factors (N = 303) | |
| Awareness | ||||||||||||
| Agree with high risk categorisation | 146:25 | 35:9 | 46:14 | 35:11 | 40:18 | 18:12 | 17:9 | 5:4 | 24:89 | 53:45 | 10:11 | 87:39 |
| Sufficient restriction information | 151:44 | 73:21 | 71:11 | 64:13 | 53:12 | 14:6 | 11:8 | 3:0 | 19:2 | 131:34 | 5:7 | 204:25 |
| Sufficient impact information | 102:90 | 41:12 | 72:17 | 52:21 | 40:19 | 14:6 | 11:4 | 7:0 | 86:22 | 44:57 | 8:5 | 39:33 |
| Attitudes & Concerns | ||||||||||||
| Behave differently towards you | 69:6 | 74:9 | 35:0 | 27:0 | 17:0 | 15:5 | 0:3 | 8:0 | 44:0 | 86:3 | 14:0 | 27:0 |
| Stigmatisation | 65:42 | 25:19 | 21:17 | 4:12 | 0:11 | 0:0 | 0:0 | 0:8 | 24:0 | 37:13 | 5:0 | 44:36 |
| Peer Support | 18:4 | 23:6 | 8:3 | 21:1 | 22:0 | 9:1 | 14:0 | 0:1 | 31:4 | 55:19 | 11:7 | 24:28 |
| High risk categorisation feelings (+ve:-ve) | 20:262 | 25:105 | 18:14 | 13:49 | 15:23 | 7:14 | 0:19 | 0:11 | 19:77 | 57:104 | 5:13 | 20:118 |
| Actions | ||||||||||||
| Social distancing | 214:3 | 56:0 | 71:0 | 66:0 | 53:0 | 14:0 | 7:0 | 0:0 | 71:0 | 98:10 | 9:0 | 73:4 |
| Self-isolation | 87:18 | 62:24 | 68:0 | 54:0 | 34:0 | 15:0 | 21:0 | 4:0 | 52:0 | 102:0 | 7:6 | 35:47 |
| Online shopping | 124:37 | 65:22 | 89:28 | 36:19 | 32:25 | 28:21 | 18:17 | 16:0 | 52:68 | 96:53 | 9:5 | 85:64 |
| Shielding | 22:7 | 25:0 | 14:4 | 28:3 | 17:0 | 7:12 | 6:0 | 11:0 | 85:12 | 33:1 | 2:0 | 31:10 |
| Changes | ||||||||||||
| Lifestyle (+ve:-ve) | 304:884 | 77:397 | 18:141 | 35:177 | 24:53 | 31:95 | 15:72 | 8:26 | 33:103 | 27:341 | 7:22 | 98:487 |
| Healthcare (+ve:-ve) | 49:373 | 23:188 | 31:107 | 0:104 | 22:62 | 22:59 | 15:15 | 0:28 | 12:141 | 42:121 | 0:17 | 33:92 |
| Online healthcare support (+ve:-ve) | 68:11 | 34:13 | 29:34 | 37:8 | 14:0 | 18:12 | 7:14 | 0:7 | 45:20 | 32:39 | 0:0 | 61:28 |
| Mental health & wellbeing (+ve:-ve) | 12:181 | 9:104 | 3:86 | 4:88 | 17:61 | 5:33 | 3:20 | 3:7 | 13:81 | 22:63 | 4:4 | 3:67 |
Note: +ve, positive -ve, negative.