Table 2.

Characteristics of patient study population

Focus group location	Number of participants	Patients	Carers	Sex
Focus group location	Number of participants	Patients	Carers	Female	Male
Edinburgh^a	10	6	4	7	3
Edinburgh	3	2	1	2	1
Glasgow	6	6	0	6	0
Rosyth^b	21	17	4	12	9
Rothesay	7	7	0	6	1
Paisley	8	8	0	6	2
Falkirk^c	8	8	0	4	4
Total	63	54	9	43	20

↵a Ran as the pilot group.
↵b This group ran as part of an ongoing monthly support group. Numbers attending were higher than expected based on previous months and outwith the control of the researcher on the day.
↵c Ran as a sense check of themes emerging to date.