Table 1 Participants’ (n = 11) characteristics, presented using frequencies (n) and percentages (%) or mean (M) and standard deviation (SD). It was possible for participants to choose more than one occupation

Gender

 Female

9

82

 Male

2

18

Age (years)

57.4 (range 21–72)

15.8

Country of birth

 Sweden

8

73

 Other

3

27

Occupation

 Working

5

45

 Student

1

9

 Sick leave

1

9

 Retired

6

55

Completed level of education

 Upper secondary school

2

18

 College/University

9

82

Use of medication

 Daily

7

64

 1–3 days a month

1

9

 Less than one day a month

3

27

Medical training^a

 Yes (Physician, nurse, Biomedical analytic

5

45

 No or did not say

6

55

Experience of Parkinson’s disease^b

 None

6

55

 Have family members, relatives, or friends with PD

4

36

 Have worked with PD patients

1

9

Conception of life^b

 Christian

1

9

 Raised in a Christian tradition but not religious, nor atheist

6

55

 Humanist

1

9

 Agnostic

1

9

 Atheist

2

18