Table 1.
Participant characteristics (n=189) (for full table of participant characteristics see online supplemental table 1)
| Jordan | |||||
| Patient participants | N=50 | Caregiver participants | N=20 | HCP participants | N=20 |
| Gender (male/female) | 20/30 | Gender (male/female) | 7/13 | Gender (male/female) | 13/7 |
| Age (years) | Age (years) | Age (years) | |||
| Mean average (SD) | 53.8 (11.8) | Mean average (SD) | 41.9 (12.4) | Mean average (SD) | 36.5 (8.1) |
| Range | 26–75 | Range | 19–67 | Range | 24–55 |
| Nationality | Nationality | Professional role | |||
| Jordanian | 28 | Jordanian | 13 | Doctor | 9 |
| Syrian | 11 | Syrian | 3 | Nurse | 11 |
| Libyan | 4 | Libyan | 1 | ||
| Iraqi | 4 | Palestinian | 2 | ||
| Palestinian | 2 | Yemeni | 1 | ||
| Yemeni | 1 | ||||
| South Africa | |||||
| Patient participants | N=22 | Caregiver participants | N=19 | HCP participants | N=22 |
| Gender (male/female) | 16/6 | Gender (male/female) | 2/17 | Gender (male/female) | 9/13 |
| Age (years) | Age (years) | Age (years) | |||
| Mean average (SD) | 57.5 (11.6) | Mean average (SD) | 45.2 (14.0) | Mean average (SD) | 41.5 (9.3) |
| Range | 38–77 | Range | 22–69 | Range | 26–55 |
| Education level | Education level | Education level | |||
| Primary school | 2 | No education | 1 | Doctor | 12 |
| Secondary school | 16 | Primary school | 2 | Nurse | 5 |
| Tertiary education | 1 | Secondary | 15 | Pharmacist | 2 |
| Postgraduate | 1 | College/university | 1 | Pharmacy manager | 1 |
| Post matric | 2 | Operations manager | 1 | ||
| Clinical manager | 1 | ||||
| Thailand | |||||
| Patient participants | N=14 | Caregiver participants | N=10 | HCP participants | N=12 |
| Gender (male/female) | 11/3 | Gender (male/female) | 1/9 | Gender (male/female) | 1/11 |
| Age (years) | Age (years) | Age (years) | |||
| Mean average (SD) | 54 (14.8) | Mean average (SD) | 50.4 (8.2) | Mean average (SD) | 28.7 (8.5) |
| Range | 22–81 | Range | 35–62 | Range | 20–43 |
| Education level | Education level | Professional role | |||
| Primary school | 2 | Junior high school | 1 | Nurse | 7 |
| Junior high school | 1 | Senior high school | 1 | Practical nurse | 5 |
| Senior high school | 1 | Bachelor’s degree | 5 | ||
| Bachelor’s degree | 6 | Higher than bachelor’s degree | 2 | ||
| Higher than bachelor’s degree | 2 | Vocational diploma | 1 | ||
| Vocational certificate /diploma | 2 | ||||
HCP, Healthcare professionals.