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Table 1 Patient Characteristics

From: 'Personal Care' and General Practice Medicine in the UK: A qualitative interview study with patients and General Practitioners

Patient Reference (All pseudonyms)

Health Status

Practice Size

Mean Deprivation Score

PP01-01 Mrs Thomson

No health problems

S

Low

PP01-02 Mr and Mrs Uphall

Parent with chronic conditions

S

Low

PP01-03 Ms Vickers

Parent with chronic stress-related problems/child with multiple disabilities

S

Low

PP01-04 Mrs Watson

Parent with chronic stress-related problems

S

Low

PP02-01 Mrs Peters

Parents with chronic conditions and 2 children with additional and complex needs

L

Low

PP02-02 Mrs Quinton

2 children with chronic conditions

L

Low

PP02-03 Mrs Richardson

Parent and 2 children with chronic conditions

L

Low

PP02-04 Mrs Smith

No particular health problems

L

Low

MP01-01 Mrs Anderson

Previous health problems with young child

S

High

MP01-02 Mrs Brown

Parent with chronic health problems

S

High

MP01-03 Ms Campbell

Parent with chronic health problem

S

High

MP01-04 Mrs Douglas

No particular health problems

S

High

MP02-01 Mr and Mrs Ewan

Both parents with chronic and debilitating health problems

L

High

MP02-02 Ms Forrest

Parent with chronic health problems

L

High

MP02-03 Mr George and Ms Grange

One parent with recent episode of ill-health

L

High

MP02-04 Mr Hendry and Ms Hamilton

Young child with chronic health problem

L

High

MP03-01 Mr and Mrs Inch

One parent with recent serious episode of ill-health

L

Low

MP 03-02 Ms Jackson

No reported health problems

L

Low

MP 03-03 Mrs Kyle

No reported health problems

L

Low

MP03-04 Ms Leishman

One parent with chronic health problems and child with recent health problems

L

Low

MP 04-01 Mrs Mooney

One parent had suffered from depressive illness

S

Low

MP 04-02 Ms Nichols

Recent stress-related illness and emergency care for children

S

Low

MP 04-03 Mr and Mrs O'Neill

Mother pregnant. No reported health problems

S

Low

  1. S = small (3 GPs or less)
  2. L = large (4 GPs or more)
  3. PP = patients interviewed in the preliminary stage of the study
  4. MP = patients interviewed in the main stage of the study