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Table 2 Sampling, recruitment, and characteristics of stakeholders in step 2

From: Development of an Educational Program for Non-Professional Soccer Coaches in Charge of Community-Based Soccer in Men with Prostate Cancer: a Qualitative Study

 

Informants

Sampling criteria

Recruitment

Interview setting

Informant characteristics

STEP 2 STAKEHOLDERS (n = 17) (focus group interviews)

Urology nurses

Authority on and responsibility for referral of men with prostate cancer to rehabilitation, including assessment of rehabilitation needs

Personal email to the leader of the nursing team at the Copenhagen Prostate Cancer Center, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet

Nurses’ office, Department of Urology, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet

Five (n = 5) female nurses, including the team leader; participants had from 7 months to 12 years’ experience working with men with prostate cancer

Soccer coaches

Experience with non-professional soccer coaching and/or management of a local soccer club

Email invitation distributed via the Danish Football Association to secretaries and/or non-professional coaches of local soccer clubs in the Copenhagen area

Common room, local soccer club in the Copenhagen area

Five (n = 5) volunteers (31–69 years of age) from two different soccer clubs, including one female club president and four non-professional male coaches

Prostate cancer patients

Personal experience with prostate cancer regardless of treatment status, disease status and previous soccer experience

Verbal invitation to patients participating in a hospital-based patient education at Frederiksberg Hospital and written invitation distributed via email to members of the Danish Prostate Cancer Patient Association

Office, Health Research Department, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet

Seven (n = 7) men with prostate cancer (time since diagnosis: 4 months to 5 years); five of the men (56–71 years of age) had played soccer previously while two had no prior soccer experience