Demographic Characteristics of Participants
| Patient Focus Group | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | Total | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Patients, No. | 44 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 11 |
| Sex, women, n | 22 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| Age, mean (range), y | 55 (21–83) | 66 (51–82) | 55 (28–83) | 47 (21–70) | 50 (21–66) |
| Education | |||||
| High school graduate | 4 | – | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Trade or vocational | 3 | – | – | 3 | – |
| Some college | 7 | – | – | – | 7 |
| College graduate or higher | 30 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 |
| Race | |||||
| White | 33 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 9 |
| Black | 4 | 2 | 2 | – | – |
| Hispanic | 2 | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| American Indian | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 |
| Asian | 1 | – | 1 | – | – |
| Mixed | 3 | – | 1 | 2 | – |
| Clinician Focus Group | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 6 | 7 | ||
| Clinicians, No. | 32 | 10 | 10 | 12 |
| Sex, women, n | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
| Age, mean (range), y | 51 (30–62) | 54 (32–62) | 49 (33–62) | 51 (30–62) |
| Education | ||||
| Registered nurse | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Physician assistant | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Physician | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 |
| >25 y in practice, % | 75 | 90 | 70 | 67 |