An exploration of the Indonesian lay mental health workers’ (cadres) experiences in performing their roles in community mental health services: a qualitative study

Table 1 The distribution of focus group participants across provinces

Focus group name	Research sites	Number of participants	Gender of participants	The average age of the participants	The average length of experience	Method of data collection
FG1	East Java	10	Female: 8 Male: 2	41 years old	28 months	Non-virtual
FG2	East Java	10	Female: 10 Male: -	46 years old	28 months	Virtual (zoom)
FG 3	East Java	10	Female: 8 Male: 2	47 years old	69 months	Virtual (zoom)
FG 4	East Java	9	Female: 9 Male: -	44 years old	100 months	Non-virtual
FG5	Aceh	10	Female: 10 Male: -	32 years old	50 months	Non-virtual
FG 6	Aceh	12	Female: 12 Male: -	31 years old	46 months	Non-virtual
FG 7	West Java	9	Female: 7 Male: 2	44 years old	93 months	Virtual (zoom)
FG 8	Jakarta	6	Female: 5 Male: 1	50 years old	68 months	Virtual (zoom)

ISSN: 1752-4458