Table 2.

Characteristics of the focus group participants (n = 41).

Variable	Proportion/Mean (SD)	N
Focus group participants		41
FG1 AIDS		4
FG2 chronic pain		7
FG3 colon cancer		5
FG4 chronic ischemic heart disease		4
FG5 rare chronic illnesses		4
FG6 mixed group by survey institute		8
FG7 mixed group by survey institute		9
Age [min, max: 27–83]	58.34 (14.83)	38
Gender		41
male	56.1	23
female	43.9	18