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Table 1 Characteristics of participants of online focus groups

From: Online focus groups as a tool to collect data in hard-to-include populations: examples from paediatric oncology

 

Patients

N = 7

Parents

N = 11

Survivors

N = 18

Age: mean (range)

11.6 (8–16)

45.9 (37–72)

15.5 (10–19)

Age at diagnosis: mean (range)

10.4 (8–15)

-

11.6 (8–16)

Male gender: % (N)

42.9% (3)

45.5% (5)

38.9% (7)

Diagnosis: % (N)

   

   Leukaemia

42.9% (3)

-

55.6% (10)

   Brain tumour

28.6% (2)

-

11.1% (2)

   Lymphoma

14.3% (1)

-

16.7% (3)

   Bone tumour

-

-

16.7% (3)

   Soft tissue sarcoma

14.3% (1)

-

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