Table 1

Patient and carer sampling frame

	<6 months since diagnosis	>6 months since diagnosis
Gastrostomy	Aim to recruit where possible	Interview: patients n=10, carers n=5 Beta-testing: patients n=3–4, carers n=3–4
No gastrostomy	Interview: patients n=10, carers n=5 Beta-testing: patients n=3–4, carers n=3–4	Interview: patients n=10, carers n=5 Beta-testing: patients n=3–4, carers n=3–4

The amber cell is highlighted and discussed in the text below to recognise that the number of particpants recruited in this group is likely to be small.