Table 1.

Sample characteristics (N = 35)

Sample size	n
Sex, female	25

Provider occupation
GP	7
Practice/district nurse	6
Healthcare assistant	3
Pharmacist	2
Dentist	10
Social care practitioner	5
Domiciliary carer	2

Age, years
20–29	11
30–39	9
40–49	9
50–59	5
≥60	1

Participation
One-to-one interview^a	8
Focus group 1: General practice team	10
Focus group 2: Social care practitioner team	5
Focus group 3: Dentist team A	3
Focus group 4: Dentist team B	7
Dyad: Domiciliary care team	2

Years in practice^b
0–10	16
11–20	10
21–30	6
≥31	2

Ethnicity
White British	32
Black British	2
Black African	1

Practice area (urban or rural)
Urban	16
Rural	19

↵a GPs, practice and district nurses, healthcare assistants, and pharmacists participated in one-toone interviews.
↵b Missing, n = 1.