No patients or carers declined to participate 7 chose not to however 2 No drop No drop outs No drop outs participate - 7 No drop outs 1 No drop outs 1 No drop outs 1 physiotherapists outs no 1 1 1 refused due to explanation 0 work pressures. 1 Prompt Interview Questions Interview Interview questions schedule Interview guide No guide. used. Was used but does questions No guide used. No used but does used and 2 8 No validated pilot tested not state if came as data mentioned. 0 mention of not state if pilot studies tool. with 6 validated or was collected 0 pilot study or validated or conducted 1 patients. 1 piloted. 0 0 validity piloted. 0 0 The interviewer made notes 9 Not stated 0 N/A 0 Not stated 0 Not stated 0 Not stated 0 Not stated 0 Yes 1 immediately after the focus group 1 Yes data saturation Discussed - Yes discussed 10 occurred Yes 1 No 0 No 0 No 0 partial No 0 and achieved 1 around 6-9 saturation 1 interviews 1
7 No patients or carers declined to participate however 2 physiotherapists refused due to work pressures. 1 No drop outs 1 No drop outs 1 No drop outs 1 No drop outs 1 No drop outs 1 7 chose not to participate - no explanation 0 No drop outs 1 8 No guide mentioned. 0 No guide. No validated tool. 0 Prompt questions used. No mention of pilot study or validity 0 Questions used. Was pilot tested with 6 patients. 1 Interview schedule used but does not state if validated or piloted. 0 Interview guide used and 2 pilot studies conducted 1 Interview used but does not state if validated or piloted. 0 Interview questions came as data was collected 0 9 Not stated 0 N/A 0 Not stated 0 The interviewer made notes immediately after the focus group 1 Not stated 0 Not stated 0 Not stated 0 Yes 1 10 Yes data saturation occurred around 6-9 interviews 1 Yes 1 No 0 No 0 No 0 Discussed - partial saturation 1 No 0 Yes discussed and achieved 1
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