Table 1.

Structure of the questionnaire in this study.

The participants can mark Yes or No:
1. Are you educated in health care?
2. Where do you currently receive your injections? (type of clinic)
3. Have you ever been informed about the possitbility to self-inject?
4. Have you ever been educated in self-injections?
5. Do you currently self- or partner inject? (with the possibility to separate between self- and partner injection)
6. After education in the technique of self-injections, would you like to self-inject or partner inject?
The participants mark the statements that match their reasons for not being willing to self- or partner inject (they can mark more than one):
It feels unpleasant to self-inject or partner inject.
Afraid of needle-stick and injections.
Feel secure with an educated nurse.
Afraid of inacccurate self-injection.
I don’t want to lose the regular contact with a nurse.
I don’t know.
The participants mark the statements that match their reasons for being willing to self- or partner inject (they can mark more than one):
I am more independent with self-injections.
Do not need to book appointments at the hospital.
Possibility to influence my situation.
Reduce the number of visits to the clinic.
Take an active role in my own care.
I don’t know.
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