Table 1

- Baseline characteristics of the participants included in the COMPOSEd study.

Participants’ background
No.	Age	Gender	Baseline characteristics
Focus group I (Glasgow) Stroke survivors
1	55	Female	Raised blood pressure, diabetes mellitus, ischemic stroke
2	79	Male	Diabetes mellitus, raised blood pressure, ischemic stroke
3	65	Male	Raised blood pressure, diabetes mellitus, ischemic stroke
4	65	Male	Raised blood pressure, diabetes mellitus, ischemic stroke
5	66	Female	Diabetes mellitus, raised blood pressure, ischemic stroke
6	53	Female	Diabetes mellitus, ischemic stroke, raised blood pressure
7	65	Male	Ischemic stroke, diabetes mellitus, raised blood pressure
8	61	Female	Ischemic stroke, raised blood pressure, diabetes mellitus
9	62	Male	Ischemic stroke, diabetes mellitus
10	68	Female	Ischemic stroke, diabetes mellitus, raised blood pressure
11	55	Male	Ischemic stroke, diabetes mellitus
12	70	Female	Raised blood pressure, ischemic stroke, diabetes mellitus
13	79	Male	Ischemic stroke, diabetes mellitus
14	69	Female	Ischemic stroke, diabetes mellitus, raised blood pressure,
15	65	Male	Ischemic stroke, diabetes mellitus
16	50	Female	Ischemic stroke, diabetes mellitus
Focus group II (Glasgow National Health Service) health care professionals
1	50	Female	Consultant geriatrician/stroke
2	55	Male	Consultant geriatrician
3	46	Male	Consultant / stroke
4	45	Female	Consultant / stroke
5	55	Male	Occupational therapist
6	49	Male	Occupational therapist
7	52	Female	Occupational therapist
8	56	Male	Diabetes specialist
9	60	Female	Endocrinologist
10	39	Female	Trainee doctor / stroke
11	32	Male	Trainee doctor / stroke
12	40	Male	Nurse / stroke
13	42	Female	Nurse / stroke
14	39	Female	Clinical stroke nurse
15	35	Female	General practitioner
16	32	Male	General practitioner
Focus group III (Wales National Health Service) health care professionals
1	50	Female	Consultant geriatrician /stroke
2	56	Male	Consultant / stroke
3	60	Female	Consultant / stroke
4	59	Male	Consultant geriatrician /stroke
5	44	Male	Occupational therapist
6	46	Male	Physiotherapist
7	51	Female	Occupational therapist
8	38	Male	Endocrinologist
9	59	Female	Diabetes consultant
10	39	Female	Trainee doctor / stroke
11	35	Male	Trainee doctor / stroke
12	30	Female	General practitioner
13	33	Male	General practitioner
14	35	Male	Nurse / stroke
15	40	Male	Clinical stroke nurse
16	46	Female	Nurse / stroke

COMPOSEd - Comorbidity Management Post-Stroke with a focus on Diabetes