Table 1

Descriptive statistics summarising participant demographics and responses to the closed questions within the research survey

	n	%		n	%
Gender			Research experience
Male	41	32	0	8	6
Female	85	67	1–2	16	13
Transgender	1	1	3–5	22	17
			6–10	16	13
Ethnicity			>10	65	51
White—English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British	100	78
White—Irish	3	2	Knowledge and understanding of the MCA
Asian/Asian British—Indian	6	5	Excellent	23	18
Asian/Asian British—Pakistani	1	1	Very good	51	40
Asian/Asian British—Chinese	2	1.5	Good	33	26
Black/African/Caribbean/Black British—African	2	1.5	Fair	13	10
Black/African/Caribbean/Black British—Caribbean	1	1	Poor	8	6
Other	13	10
Experience working with AwICC			I feel confident working with a consultee
0	11	9	Strongly agree	52	42
1–2	11	9	Agree	48	38
3–5	17	13	Neither agree/disagree	13	10
6–10	21	17	Disagree	8	6
>10	67	52	Strongly disagree	5	4
Age
25–34	21	16
35–44	28	22
45–54	37	29
>54	42	33
Method			Setting
Qualitative	33	26	Hospital	64	29
Quantitative	31	24	Residential care home	36	16
Mixed	63	50	Participant home	50	23
			Community	25	12
Design			University	25	12
Laboratory experiment	15	7	Laboratory	4	2
Field experiment	14	6	Other	13	6
Interview study	66	29
Questionnaire	46	21	Location
Observational	49	22	North East England	17	7.5
Case study	8	4	North West England	28	12
Case series	5	2	Yorkshire and the Humber	18	8
Other	20	9	East Midlands	18	8
			West Midlands	12	5
Public involvement			East of England	17	7.5
Coproduction	62	34	London	33	15
User group engagement	71	39	South East England	30	13
Community engagement	44	24	South West England	21	9
Other	6	3	Scotland	9	7
			Wales	16	4
			Northern Ireland	4	2
			Other	4	2