A focus group is a group of people with a shared interest who meet to discuss a
particular topic and generate information and opinion. Initially developed for use
in market research, focus groups have been widely used in research and are often
used in health and social care research. There is an increasing use of focus groups
within learning disability settings both with staff and with service users. In this
study a series of explorative focus groups gathered information from community staff
regarding their experiences of stress when working with people with learning
disabilities and challenging behaviours.
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