Table 2.

Participants and main findings.

Particpiant	Age	Illness severity (ICC classification)	Educational background	Occupational status before intervention	Occupational status after intervention	Occupational status follow‐up (3 months)	Goals for the intervention	Experience of goals achieved second and third interview	Experienced change in symptoms from first interview to final interview	Experienced change in symptoms form second interview to third interview	Experienced intervention usefulness second and third interview	Suggestions for developing the intervention second and third interview	Own goals for the future second and third interview
1	20–25	Moderate to severe	Elementary school	Unemployment	Unemployment	Unemployment	Peer support	Yes	Mild worsened cognitive functioning, illness fluctuation.	No changes in physical or cognitive improvement, better emotional balance	Useful	Family support and Social benefit specialist	Adjusting and life quality
2	50–55	Mild	Vocational education	Full‐time worker	Full‐time worker	Full‐time worker	Pacing ability to continue working	Yes	Mild physical and cognitive improvement	Mild physical improvement	Useful	Family support	Perfectionistic thoughts, pacing, ability to continue working, exercise
3	50–55	Mild	MA	Full‐time worker	Full‐time worker	Part‐time worker, Student	Peer support	Yes	Mild physical and cognitive improvement	Mild physical improvement	Useful	Family support and nutrition counselling	Better overall functioning, working with thought patterns
4	20–25	Mild	University student	Student	Student	Student	Peer support, work with negative thoughts	Partly	Mild cognitive improvement	No changes from second interview	Useful	Family support	Negative thoughts, self‐image, pacing, ability to continue working, exercise
5	40–45	Mild	BA	Unemployment	Work‐trial	Part‐time worker	Peer support, work with negative thoughts	Partly	Mild physical and cognitive improvement, better emotional balance	Mild physical improvement	Useful	Family support	Part‐time job and studies, emotional balance, relaxing skills, work with cognitive thoughts
6	35–40	Mild	BA	Part‐time worker	Full‐time worker	Full‐time worker and student	Peer support, pacing, work with negative thoughts	Yes	Mild physical, emotional and cognitive improvement	Mild physical, emotional and cognitive improvement	Useful	Family support, working more with negative thoughts	Exercise, nutrition, self‐image, negative thoughts
7	55–60	Mild	MA	Part‐time worker	Part‐time worker	Part‐time worker	Pacing, relaxing, Ability to continue working	Partly	No change in physical, emotional or cognitive functioning	No change in physical, emotional or cognitive functioning	Useful	More scientific research and utilisation of health technology	Relaxing, pacing, Ability to continue working and exercise, thought patterns
8	50–55	Mild	BA	Unemployment	Work trial	Work trial	Peer support, relaxation, pacing	Yes	Mild emotional, physical and cognitive improvement	Mild emotional, physical and cognitive improvement	Useful	More working with negative thoughts	Relaxing, pacing, ability to continue working and exercise, working with negative thoughts
9	35–40	Moderate to severe	High school	Rehabilitation support	Rehabilitation support	Rehabilitation support	Peer support, relaxation, pacing	Partly	Mild emotional and physiological improvement	Mild worsened cognitive and physical functioning	Useful	Family support	Better balance in everyday life, pacing, nutrition, working with thought patterns
10	30–35	Mild	Vocational education	Unemployment	Work trial	Work trial	Peer support, relaxation, pacing	Yes	Mild physical and cognitive improvement	No change in physical, emotional or cognitive functioning	Useful	‐	Ability to continue working and exercise, working with negative thoughts