Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of participants
Participant characteristics | Â | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | First round n = 55 |  | Second round n = 47 |  |
| Â | n | % | n | % |
Age | ||||
 18–24 | 5 | 9.1 | 4 | 8.5 |
 25–34 | 6 | 10.9 | 4 | 8.5 |
 35–44 | 11 | 20.0 | 8 | 17.0 |
 45–54 | 11 | 20.0 | 10 | 21.3 |
 55–64 | 20 | 36.4 | 20 | 42.6 |
 65 +  | 2 | 3.6 | 1 | 2.1 |
Educational level | ||||
 Primary | 1 | 1.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
 Secondary / high school | 6 | 10.9 | 2 | 4.3 |
 Technical training | 7 | 12.7 | 6 | 12.8 |
 Graduate (licenciate/bachelor) | 18 | 32.7 | 15 | 31.9 |
 Postgraduate (master/doctorate) | 23 | 41.8 | 24 | 51.1 |
Sex | ||||
 Female | 33 | 60.0 | 28 | 59.6 |
 Male | 22 | 40.0 | 19 | 40.4 |
Professionals | 29 | 52.7 | 24 | 51.1 |
 Psychologists | 14 | 25.5 | 15 | 31.9 |
 Psychiatrists | 11 | 20.0 | 8 | 17.0 |
 General practitioners | 1 | 1.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
 Medical technologists | 1 | 1.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
 Social workers | 1 | 1.8 | 1 | 2.1 |
 Unspecified health practitioner | 1 | 1.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
Source of experience (lay panel) | 26 | 47.3 | 23 | 48.9 |
 Family experience or peer support experience | 10 | 18.2 | 7 | 14.9 |
 Own experience | 16 | 29.1 | 16 | 34.0 |