“The Monkey on Your Shoulder”: A Qualitative Study of Lymphoedema Patients’ Attitudes to and Experiences of Acupuncture and Moxibustion

Table 1

Focus group details.

Focus group	Planned number	Actual; number	Gender	Cancer type	Nonattendees	Duration (minutes)
1	4	4	1 female; 3 male	4 HNT	0	62
2	4	2	4 female	4 breast		42
3	4	4	4 female	4 breast	0	56
4	5	4	5 female	1 HNT; 4 breast		51
5	4	4	4 female	4 breast	0	70
6	5	4	5 female	1 HNT; 4 breast		72

1 participant cancelled at short notice citing work commitments; 1 participant cancelled at short notice, explaining she felt unable to participate in a group but would like to give feedback. A telephone interview was arranged to accommodate this.
1 participant was unable to come to this group and was rescheduled to focus group 6.
1 participant felt ill and was unable to attend at short notice.