Table 1 |
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| Patient and carer demographics | |||||
| ID number | Gender | Age | Ethnicity | Severity of CFS/ME (self-defined) | Number of years since diagnosis |
| Patient 1 | Female | 42 | White British | Severe | 9 |
| Patient 2 | Male | 50 | White British | Moderate/severe (now mild) | 3 |
| Patient 3 | Male | 61 | Indian | Severe | 22 |
| Patient 4 | Female | 28 | White British | Mild | 1.5 |
| Patient 5 | Female | 39 | White British | Mild/moderate | 0.5 |
| Patient 6 | Female | 37 | South Asian | Moderate/severe | 7 |
| Patient 7 | Male | 46 | White British | Mild/moderate | 7 |
| Patient 8 | Female | 64 | White British | Severe | 20 |
| Patient 9 | Female | 52 | South Asian | Mild/moderate | Self-diagnosed |
| Patient 10 | Female | 32 | Other white | Mild/moderate | 2 |
| Patient 11 | Male | 35 | Indian | Moderate (recently recovered) | 1 |
| Patient 12 | Female | 38 | South Asian | Mild/moderate | 2.5 |
| Patient 13 | Female | 48 | South Asian | Moderate | 2 |
| Patient 14 | Male | 38 | South Asian | Mild | 6 |
| Patient 15 | Female | 40 | Black British | Moderate | 3 |
| Patient 16 | Female | 39 | Black British | Mild | Self-diagnosed |
| Carer 1 | Female | 66 | White British | Cares for daughter: severe | 16 |
| Carer 2 | Female | 53 | White British | Cares for son: moderate | 4 |
| Carer 3 | Female | 45 | White British | Cares for husband: severe | 6 |
| Carer 4 | Female | 47 | White British | Cares for daughter: mild/moderate | 5 |
| Carer 5 | Female | 57 | Indian | Cares for husband: severe | 22 |
| Carer 6 | Male | 58 | White British | Cares for wife: moderate/severe | 10 |
| Carer 7 | Male | 70 | White British | Cares for wife: moderate/severe | 22 |
| Carer 8 | Male | 58 | White British | Cares for wife: moderate | 12.5 |
| Carer 9 | Male | 46 | White British | Cares for wife: moderate | 2 |
| Carer 10 | Male | 71 | South Asian | Cares for his wife: moderate/severe | 8 |
Hannon et al. BMC Family Practice 2012 13:93 doi:10.1186/1471-2296-13-93
