Table 1 Focus groups – Recruitment and characteristics of the participants
Focus groups | Younger target group (age 65 to 75 years) | Older target group (age 76 and older) | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Women | Men | Women | Men | ||
Information sent | 50 (100.0%) | 50 (100.0%) | 50 (100.0%) | 40 (100.0%) | 190 (100.0%) |
Reached by phone, first phone contact | 42 (84.0%) | 39 (78.0%) | 47 (94.0%) | 34 (85.0%) | 162 (85.3%) |
Accepted | 16 (32.0%) | 21 (42.0%) | 15 (30.0%) | 11 (27.5%) | 63 (33.2%) |
Canceled in second phone contact | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
Excluded due to an excess of participants | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Participated | 12 (24.0%) | 11 (22.0%) | 10 (20.0%) | 9 (22.5%) | 42 (22.1%) |
Duration (minutes) | 100 | 121 | 111 | 133 | Ø116 |
Age, participated: mean (min., max.) | 70 (67-74) | 68 (65-71) | 79 (76-83) | 83 (77-95) | |
Age, non-participated: mean (min., max.) | 70 (65-75) | 71 (65-75) | 81 (76-89) | 80 (76-88) | |