In need of percutaneous coronary intervention in an arctic setting– patients’ experience of safety and quality of care: a qualitative study

Figures & data

Table 1. Participant characteristics.

Characteristics	Classification	N = 15
Sex	Female	8
	Male	7
Age	41–50	2
	51–60	5
	61–70	6
	71–80	2
Employment	Working	7
	Disability pension	4
	Retired	4
Level of education	Primary school	2
	Upper secondary school	6
	University	7
Cohabiting status	Living alone	2
	Cohabiting	13
Type of admission	Acute	13
	Planned	2
Travel time to local hospital*	<1 h (Range: 5–55 min)	7
	1–4 h (Range: 105–210 min)	8
	>4 h	0
Travel time to PCI-performing hospital*	<1 h (Range: 5–55 min)	2
	1–4 h (Range: 60–210 min)	5
	>4 h (Range: 300–750 min)	8
Former PCI	Yes	2
	No	13
Participated in learning and mastery course	Yes	4
	No	11
Participated in cardiac rehabilitation	Yes	2
	No	13
Other health problems/illness	Yes	6
	No	9

*Travel time by road/car to the local hospital.

Data availability statement

The datasets generated and analysed during the current study are not publicly available due to continued analysis and reporting of results. However, they are available from the corresponding author on reasonable requests.