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Table 3 Characteristics of participating patients in each focus group

From: Decision boxes for clinicians to support evidence-based practice and shared decision making: the user experience

 

Women

Men

 

French

English

French

English

n

9

8

9

7

Median age (min : max)

30 (20 : 38)

30 (24 : 38)

54 (46 : 62)

51 (47 : 66)

Employment status (n)

    

 Employed full-time

6

6

3

5

 Employed part-time

0

1

1

2

 Unemployed and seeking employment

0

1

1

0

 Unemployed and not seeking employment

0

0

0

0

 Retired

0

0

3

0

 Other

3*

0

1

0

Highest education level (n)

    

 No high school

0

0

0

0

 Some high school - did not graduate

0

0

0

1

 High school degree or certificate of equivalency

0

0

3

0

 Some college – did not graduate

0

0

0

0

 College degree

2

1

1

2

 Some university – did not graduate

1

1

5

0

 University degree

6

6

0

3

  1. * 1 preventive withdrawal because of pregnancy and 2 students.
  2. absence from work as a result of sickness.
  3. One response is missing in the English-speaking men’s group.