Table 3 Demographic and disease characteristics of participants
From: The challenges of assessing patients' medication beliefs: a qualitative study
Characteristic | N | |
|---|---|---|
Sex | Female | 9 |
Male | 11 | |
Ethnicity | White | 18 |
Indian | 1 | |
Chinese | 1 | |
Employment | In paid work (full or part-time, including self-employed) | 12 |
In full-time education/training | 3 | |
Unemployed | 1 | |
Retired | 3 | |
Retired and voluntary work | 1 | |
Education | 1 or more ‘O’ level equivalents | 1 |
1 or more ‘A’ level equivalents | 2 | |
Trade qualifications | 3 | |
Professional qualifications | 8 | |
Degree | 6 | |
Housing | Owner occupied/mortgaged | 14 |
Rented from local authority/housing association | 2 | |
Rented from a private landlord | 3 | |
Other (living with parents) | 1 | |
Psoriasis type | Chronic plaque | 19 |
Palmoplantar psoriasis | 1 | |
Co-morbid conditions | Psoriatic arthritis | 3 |
Current therapies* | Topical | 16 |
Phototherapy/photochemotherapy | 1 | |
Oral systemic | 6 | |
Biologic | 1 | |
Non-prescription (e.g. tanning booths, Chinese medicine) | 3 | |
Past therapies* | Topical | 18 |
Phototherapy/photochemotherapy | 12 | |
Traditional systemic | 7 | |
| Â | Median (range) in years | |
Age | 48.5 (21 – 71) | |
Age when psoriasis started | 14.5 (4 – 52) | |