Table 3.
Partners’ evaluation of specific parts of the intervention
| Category | na
pro |
Pro argument | na
against |
Against argument |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psycho-education | 14 | 10 | ||
| - General comments; unspecified | - Not personally relevant | |||
| - Particular exercise not appealing | ||||
| Mindfulness exercises | 10 | 3 | ||
| - Exercises are pleasant, fun, interesting and relaxing | - No need for mindfulness exercises | |||
| - Mindfulness exercises are not appealing | ||||
| Peer support | 3 | 12 | ||
| - Possibility to exchange tips and experiences with peers | - No need for peer support | |||
| - Sufficient support from personal network | ||||
| - Afraid of being confronted with negative stories | ||||
| - No capacity to listen to the story of another partner | ||||
| - Doubting that peers could help each other | ||||
| - Preference to stay anonymous | ||||
| - Web-based support felt too impersonal | ||||
| - Afraid that personal situation is not comparable to that of others | ||||
| Practical information, tips and references; text message service | 6 | 3 | ||
| - Pleasant to read | - Information not personally relevant | |||
| - Useful information | - No need for this information | |||
| - No time to read long texts | ||||
| Personal support | 1b | 4b | ||
| General argument; not further specified | - Preference for more personal feedback instead of feedback on progress using the intervention | |||
| - Preference to have the opportunity to talk to a professional from time to time | ||||
| - Language of feedback messages was not appealing |
aParticipants could give reasons for both why they appreciated a specific component or why they didn’t appreciate it. Therefore, the numbers not always add up to 14
bSix of the partners received support from a personal counselor during the intervention. Five of them talked about what they appreciated or didn’t appreciate about this element