Table 1

Sample characteristics

		Qualitative interview study participants n=74
		LGBT+ patients n=34		Significant others n=13		Clinicians n=27
		n	%	n	%	n	%
Ethnic group	White: English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish, British, Irish, other white background	28	82	12	92	23	85
	Mixed ethnicity/multiple ethnic groups	4	12	1	8	2	7
	Asian/Asian British					1	4
	Black/African/ Caribbean/black British	2	6			1	4
Age group (years)	20–39	11	32	1	8	8	30
	40–59	13	38	10	77	19	70
	60–79	10	29	2	15
Sexual orientation (self-described)	Gay (man, woman or non-binary person)	21	62	7	54	9	33
	Lesbian	6	18	2	15	2	7
	Queer	3	9
	Bisexual	1	3	1	8	4	15
	Pansexual	1	3
	Homosexual	1	3
	Heterosexual			1	8	12	44
	Straight	1	3
	Fluid or undefined			2	15
Gender identity and history	*All men*	20	59	6	46	13	48
	Transgender men	1	5
	Cisgender men	19	95	6	100
	*All women*	9	26	7	54	14	52
	Transgender women	2	22
	Cisgender women	7	78	7	100
	*All non-binary people including genderqueer, gender-fluid and gender non-conforming people*	5	15
	Non-binary person assigned female at birth	3	60
	Non-binary person assigned male at birth	2	40
Relationship status	Single	17	50	3	23
Relationship status	In relationship	17	50	10	77
Serious illness category	Cancers	6	18
	Non-cancers (eg, gastro, liver, lung, neuro, renal)	9	26	6	46
	Comorbidities	19	56	7	54
Home/workplace	Greater London	27	79	11	85	21	78
Home/workplace	England (outside London)	7	21	2	15	6	22
Job title	Social worker					7	26
	Nurse					13	48
	Doctor					7	26

Note that sometimes percentages do not total to 100 due to rounding to the nearest whole number