Table 3 List of topics in interview guides for patients and professionals
Patients | Professionals | |
|---|---|---|
Description of any falls and the immediate and longer term impacts of falling | ✓ | |
Development of fear of falling and impacts on activities | ✓ | |
Aims of the clinic and roles of professionals working within it | ✓ | |
Relevance of fear of falling to work at the clinic | ✓ | |
Barriers to addressing fear of falling at the clinic | ✓ | |
Feasibility of recruiting patients from the clinic | ✓ | |
Current approaches to helping patients with fear of falling | ||
Perceived value of different strategies for patients with concerns about falling (e.g. exercise, environmental adaptations, planning based, psychologically based) | ✓ | ✓ |
Proposed CBT intervention for fear of falling | ||
Perceived value of cognitive behavioural therapy for fear of falling | ✓ | ✓ |
Perceived acceptability of CBT to patients and barriers to participation | ✓ | ✓ |
Evaluating the outcomes of CBT for fear of falling | ✓ | ✓ |
Suggested name for CBT intervention | ✓ | ✓ |