Table 1.
Participant characteristics
| People with multimorbidity | Relatives | Healthcare professionals | Patient advocates | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | 22 | 4 | 17 | 5 | ||||
| Age; median (range) | 67.5 (54–76) | 66 (20–75) | (25–64) | — | ||||
| Sex; Female (%) | 7 (31.8) | 3 (75) | 10 (58.8) | 3 (60) | ||||
| Marital status; N (%) | Married/Partnered | 14 | — | |||||
| Single/Separated/Widowed | (63.6) | |||||||
| Widowed | 8 (36.3) | |||||||
| Relation to relative; N (%) | — | Husband /Wife Daughter | 3 (75)\1 (25) | — | ||||
| Occupation; N (%) | Full-time job | 3 (13.6) | Employed | 2 (50) | — | |||
| Part-time job | 1 (4.5) | Student | 1 (25) | |||||
| Retired | 17 (77.2) | Retired | 1 (25) | |||||
| Unemployed | 1 (4.5) | |||||||
| Educational level; N (%) | Vocational training | 9 (40.94 (18.1) | — | |||||
| Short higher | 4 (18.1) | |||||||
| Medium higher | 2 (9.09) | |||||||
| Long higher | 5 (22.7) | |||||||
| Professional background/Organizational role; N (%) | — | Physiotherapist | 9 (52.9) | Project officer | 2 | |||
| Nurse | 4 (23.5) | Volunteer | 2 | |||||
| Doctor | 2 (11.7) | |||||||
| Psychologist | 1 (5.8) | Secretary | 1 | |||||
| Dietitian | 1 (5.8) | |||||||
| Experience (in years) treating patients with multimorbidity; N (%) | — | 20+ | 2 (11.7) | — | ||||
| 11–20 | 9 (52.9) | |||||||
| 6–10 | 1 (5.8) | |||||||
| 2–5 | 4 (23.5) | |||||||
| 0–1 | 1 (5.8) | |||||||
| Patient group represented; N | — | Arthritis | 1 | |||||
| Heart diseases | 2 | |||||||
| Lung diseases | 1 | |||||||
| Depression | 1 | |||||||
| Number of conditions;median (range) | 4 (2–7) | — | ||||||