The patient experience in community mental health services for older people: a concept mapping approach to support the development of a new quality measure

Table 1 Participant characteristics at the item generation stage

		n
Respondent	Patient	10
Respondent	Carer	3
Gender	Female	8
Gender	Male	5
Age	< 79	7
Age	> 80	6
Living arrangements	Lives alone	8
Living arrangements	Lives with other	5
Ethnicity	White British	12
Ethnicity	White Other	1
Main mental health problem	Organic	5
Main mental health problem	Functional	8
Service experience	Specialist community mental health support	13
	Home support	11
	Day support	9
Total participants		13

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