Table 3

Focus group participants’ characteristics

Participant typeLocationAttendees
Patient and carers in control groupEastTwo female patients, one male patient and two male carers (n=5).
Patient and carers in control groupCentralTwo female patients, one male patient and one female carer (n=4).
Patient and carers in intervention groupEastThree female patients
(n=3).
Patient and carers in intervention groupCentralTwo male patients, two female patients, one male carer and two female carers (n=7).
Healthcare professionalsEastClinical specialist physiotherapist, two orthopaedic physiotherapists and physiotherapy technical instructor (n=4).
Healthcare professionalsCentralOrthopaedic acute physiotherapist, rotational physiotherapist and physiotherapy technical instructor (n=3).