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Table 1 Recruitment settings and participants

From: Complementary therapy use by patients and parents of children with asthma and the implications for NHS care: a qualitative study

Practice A: general practice in an affluent sub'urb with potential access to local private complementary therapy clinics:

 

23 patients

 

11 adults, 12 children (with 12 mothers)

 

12 female, 11 male patients

 

7 using complementary therapies for asthma

Practice B: general practice in a deprived inner city area with access to subsidised complementary therapies via the practice:

 

10 patients

 

6 adults, 4 children (with 3 mothers and 1 father)

 

7 female, 3 male patients

 

7 using complementary therapies for asthma

Outpatient respiratory clinic at a NHS children's hospital:

 

5 patients

 

All children (with 4 mothers and 1 father)

 

2 female, 3 male patients

 

All using complementary therapies for asthma

Outpatient clinic at a NHS homeopathic hospital:

 

5 patients

 

All children (with 5 mothers)

 

2 female, 3 male patients

 

All using complementary therapies for asthma

Private complementary therapists:

 

7 patients

 

4 adults, 3 children (with 3 mothers)

 

4 female, 3 male patients

 

All using complementary therapies for asthma