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Table 1 Demographic profile of the participating experts

From: Development of a self-management intervention for employees with complaints of the arm, neck and/or shoulder (CANS): a focus group study with experts

Expert number

Gender

Age (years)

Group

Education level

Education

PhD

Profession

Expertise

CANS

SM

EH

1

Female

60

1

AHC

Psychology

Yes

Researcher

No

Yes

No

2

Female

44

1

HPE

Physiotherapy, occupational health physiotherapy

No

Physiotherapist

Yes

Yes

Yes

3

Male

57

1

AHC

Medicine

No

Occupational health physician

Yes

Yes

No

4

Female

31

1

AHC

Occupational therapy, health sciences

No

Occupational therapist, lecturer

Yes

No

No

5

Female

50

1

HPE

Work and Organization

No

Work and Organization expert

Yes

No

No

6

Female

45

1

HPE

Physiotherapy, occupational health physiotherapy

No

(Occupational health) physiotherapist

Yes

Yes

No

7

Female

53

2

HPE

Management

No

Health and Safety Coordinator

Yes

No

No

8

Female

47

2

AHC

Speech therapy, speech and language pathology

PhD.c

Researcher

No

Yes

Yes

9

Female

30

2

AHC

Psychology

PhD.c

Researcher

No

Yes

Yes

10

Male

47

2

AHC

Occupational therapy

PhD.c

Lecturer, researcher

Yes

Yes

No

11

Female

47

2

HPE

Occupational therapy

No

Occupational therapist

Yes

Yes

Yes

12

Female

42

3

AHC

Health sciences

Yes

Researcher

Yes

No

Yes

13

Male

33

3

AHC

Movement sciences, epidemiology

Yes

Product manager eHealth

No

No

Yes

14

Male

56

3

AHC

Physiotherapy, occupational health physiotherapy

No

(Occupational health) physiotherapist

Yes

Yes

Yes

15

Female

42

3

AHC

Health sciences

Yes

Researcher

No

Yes

Yes

16

Female

58

3

AHC

Sociology

Yes

Researcher, development

No

Yes

Yes

17

Male

28

3

AHC

Physiotherapy, health sciences

PhD.c

Researcher

Yes

No

Yes

  1. HPE = Higher professional education, AHC = Academic higher education, CANS = Complaints of arm, neck, and/or shoulder, SM = Self-management, EH = eHealth, PhD = Doctor of Philosophy, PhD.c = Doctor of Philosophy candidate.