Lead users’ ideas on core features to support physical activity in rheumatoid arthritis: a first step in the development of an internet service using participatory design

Table 3 Focus group composition and participant characteristics (n = 26)

Focus group	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
Focus group	SRA¹	CH²	LH³	CH	UH⁴	LH	%
	n = 5	n = 6	n = 4	n = 4	n = 3	n = 4
Gender
Male/Female	1/4	2/4	1/3	0/4	0/3	1/3	19/81
Age	46	65.5	57.5	37	54	69	60⁵
years	(31–63)	(63–71)	(54–62)	(31–50)	(41–64)	(68–71)	(31–71)
Disease duration	22	14.5	16	1.5	21	13.5	15⁵
years	(2–44)	(6–25)	(12–40)	(1–2)	(19–28)	(8–15)	(1–40)
Marital Status
Married or Cohabitant/Single	2/3	6/0	2/2	1/3	3/0	1/3	58/42
Working status
Full time	1	1	0	2	0	0	15
Part time	2	0	2	1	2	0	27
Retired	1	5	2	0	1	4	50
Other	1	0	0	1	0	0	8
Education
University/High school/Public school	2/3/0	2/2/2	1/3/0	1/3/0	3/0/0	0/2/2	35/50/15
Smoker
Yes/No/Previous	1/4/0	0/1/5	0/1/3	1/2/1	1/1/1	0/1/3	12/38/50
Readiness to engage in PA ⁶
Precontemplation	1	0	0	0	0	0	4
Contemplation	2	0	0	0	1	0	11.5
Preparation	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Action	0	1	0	2	0	0	11.5
Maintenance	2	5	4	2	2	4	73
Internet experiences
Yes/No	5/0	1/5	2/2	3/1	3/0	0/4	55/45

Note: ¹ SRA, Swedish Rheumatism Association; ² CH, County hospital; ³ LH, Local hospital; ⁴ UH, University hospital; ⁵Median (min-max); ⁶ PA, Physical activity.
Data are shown as numbers with lowest and highest values within brackets.

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