Table 2 Characteristics of the phase 1 interviewees (n = 23) and phase 2 participants in the focus groups (n = 16) and individual interviews (n = 4)
Phase 1 participants (research question 1) | Total n = 23 | Phase 2 participants (research question 2) | Total n = 20 |
|---|---|---|---|
Type of participant | Type of participant | ||
- patients | n = 2 | - patients | n = 1 |
- patients’ representatives (family, other informal carers) | n = 3 | - patients’ representatives (family, other informal carers) | n = 3 |
- home-care nurses | n = 8 | - home-care nurses | n = 7 |
- public-health nurses in the community (social support and prevention) | n = 5 | - public-health nurses in the community (social support and prevention) | n = 4 |
- nurses in mental health-care organization | n = 2 | - nurses in mental health-care organization | n = 4 |
- social workers in social housing association | n = 1 | - social workers in social housing association | n = 1 |
- general practitioners | n = 1 | ||
- social workers in the community | n = 1 | ||
Region in the Netherlands | Region in the Netherlands | ||
- north | n = 3 | - north | n = 2 |
- east | n = 5 | - east | n = 4 |
- south | n = 4 | - south | n = 3 |
- west | n = 11 | - west | n = 11 |
Urban environment | Urban environment | ||
- large cities (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht) | n = 8 | - large cities (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht) | n = 7 |
- other urban | n = 4 | - other urban | n = 4 |
- rural | n = 11 | - rural | n = 9 |