Patient researcher |
Patient with long‐term autoimmune disease and research skills. Leading the focus groups and developing the draft treatment expectation measure. |
Focus group patient facilitator |
Patient with RA for >25 years, cofacilitated focus groups following formal written and verbal instructions by patient researcher, and collaborated in Phases 1 and 2 of the study with the patient researcher. |
Departmental patient experts |
Patients with RA (> 5 years) who have an honorary contract with the academic Rheumatology Department who contribute to departmental research projects. |
Pilot focus group |
Patients with RA who helped to refine the interview schedule and develop first draft dimensions of the draft treatment expectation measure. |
Main focus group |
Patients with RA who helped generate the additional dimensions of the draft treatment expectation measure and contributed to the item reduction. |
Expert panel |
Group of patients with RA selected from the two main focus groups to comment on the comprehensibility, feasibility, acceptability, language and format of the draft treatment expectation measure (MAPLe‐RA). |
Independent expert panel |
Patients with RA who have not participated in the previous focus groups and have professional research experience. They provided final objective views about the new treatment expectation measure. |