Self-management support (SMS) in primary care practice: a qualitative focus group study of care professionals’ experiences

Table 1 Characteristics of focus groups, organized in three waves

First wave
Focus group 1	Duration	Number of participants	Professional backgrounds
Focus group with experts of the PCA consortium	123 min	5	Speech language pathologist Nurse Occupational therapist Pharmacist Physiotherapist
Second wave
Focus group 2a	Duration	Number of participants	Professional backgrounds
In-depth focus group with frontline professionals with knowledge of SMS	68 min	7	Nurse (n = 2) Pharmacist (n = 2) Psychologist Social worker (n = 2)
Focus group 2b
In-depth focus group with frontline professionals with knowledge of IPC	90 min	8	General practitioner Sociologist Pharmacist (n = 4) Psychologist Social worker
Focus group 2c
In-depth focus group with frontline professionals with knowledge of GOC	119 min	8	General practitioner Nurse (n = 2) Occupational therapist (n = 3) Social worker (n = 2)
Third wave
Focus group 3	Duration	Number of participants	Professional backgrounds
Final focus group to validate with selection of previous participants	107 min	6	General practitioner Sociologist Nurse Psychologist Social worker (n = 2)

GOC Goal-oriented Care, IPC Interprofessional Collaboration, PCA Primary Care Academy, SMS Self-Management-Support

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