Nested qualitative interviews
KIDNEY, KIDNEY DISEASE
For the nested qualitative component, a purposive sample of participants who had been involved in the intervention arm were invited to participate in a one-to-one semi-structured interview. Semi-structured interviews were selected as they offered an open and flexible method for the in-depth exploration of participants’ individual experiences. Interviews occurred at two time points:
At the end of the internal pilot phase, to further understand the acceptability of Kidney BEAM and to contextualise and expand upon the feasibility outcomes. The methods used, and results of these interviews are reported in detail elsewhere [On completion of the trial to explore participants’ experiences of using Kidney BEAM and its impact upon living with kidney disease, to further contextualise the results of the trial and to understand its potential longer-term use (‘final interviews’).A topic guide for the final interviews (Supplementary Material Interviews were conducted by experienced qualitative researchers (HMLY,EMC,RB,JB, CW) at an appointment separate from the other trial assessments, via telephone or secure online video conferencing software. Participants were interviewed as close to the completion of the full trial as possible, to enable them to comment fully on their experiences. Interviews were scheduled to take up to 60 min and were digitally audio-recorded.