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Table 1 Focus group patient characteristics

From: Development and psychometric evaluation of the assessment of self-injection questionnaire: an adaptation of the self-injection assessment questionnaire

Patient characteristics

Focus Group 1 (n = 9)

Focus Group 2 (n = 10)

Diagnosis type, n (%)

RA

5 (55.6)

5 (50.0)

AS

2 (22.2)

2 (20.0)

PsA

1 (11.1)

3 (30.0)

axSpA

1 (11.1)

0 (0.0)

Age, years

Mean (SD)

55.4 (10.7)

44.9 (9.6)

Minimum

40

32

Maximum

67

60

Gender, n (%)

Female

6 (66.7)

7 (70)

Male

3 (33.3)

3 (30)

Experience with self-injecting, n (%)

Yes

5 (55.6)

7 (70.0)

No

4 (44.4)

3 (30.0)

  1. AS ankylosing spondylitis, axSpA axial spondyloarthritis, PsA psoriatic arthritis, RA rheumatoid arthritis, SD standard deviation