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Table 1 Participants’ professions

From: Health care professionals’ perspectives on self-management for people with Parkinson’s: qualitative findings from a UK study

ID

Profession

Focus group 1: GP practice

Practice nurses x 2

Health Care Assistant x 1

GP x 6

GP Trainees x 2

Focus group 2: community based outpatient MDT

OT Consultant team lead x 1

Physiotherapists of differing grades x 3

Therapy assistant x 1

Speech and Language Therapist x 1

Continuing care nurse x 1

Community Matron x 1

Focus group 3: hospital clinic based MDT

Parkinson’s disease nurse x 1

Clinic nurse x 1

Consultant neurologist x 1

Physiotherapist x 1

Consultant Geriatrician x 1

Occupational Therapist x 1

Focus group 4: Hospital based neurology team

Neurologists x 2

Parkinson’s Disease Nurse x 1

Individual interviews (n=15)

Community speech and Language Therapist x 1

GP x 1

Trainee Neurologist x 1

Neurologist consultant (non PD specialist) x 1

Foundation Doctor (junior trainee) x 1

Hospital pharmacist x 1

Community Occupational Therapist/Care Co-ordinator x 1

Trainee geriatrician x 1

Hospital Social Worker x 1

Community Social Worker x 2

Community dietician x 1

Hospice based Palliative care nurse x 1

Clinical psychologist x 1

Consultant Psychiatrist (older adults) x 1