Table S1.
Educators, participants, and settings
| Surveyed educators | Number (%) N=65 |
| Gender | |
| Female | 65 (100) |
| Professional backgrounda | |
| Nurse | 17 (26.2) |
| Physiotherapist | 31 (47.7) |
| Dietitian | 11 (16.9) |
| Other | 10 (15.4) |
| Work place | |
| Municipality | 61 (93.8) |
| Hospital | 3 (4.6) |
| General practice | 1 (1.5) |
| Years of experience as patient educator | |
| None | 8 (12.3) |
| 0–1 | 12 (18.5) |
| 1–2 | 5 (7.7) |
| 2–5 | 20 (30.8) |
| >5 | 20 (30.8) |
| Experience with a similar person-centered education programb | |
| To a large extent | 4 (6.2) |
| To some extent | 30 (46.2) |
| Observational experience | 14 (215) |
| Theoretical experience | 9 (13.8) |
| No knowledge | 8 (12.3) |
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| Observed patient education settings | Number (%) N=7 |
| Organizational setting | |
| Municipality | 5 (71.4) |
| Hospital | 1 (14.3) |
| General practice | 1 (14.3) |
| Dialogue tools appliedc | |
| My Day | 0 |
| Check-in | 0 |
| Our Rules | 2 (28.6) |
| My Immediate World | 2 (28.6) |
| My Contact with Healthcare Professionals | 0d |
| Fact or Fiction | 1 (14.3) |
| Where Am I? | 3 (42.9) |
| We’re on the Way | 0 |
| Check-out | 1 (14.3) |
| Education theme | |
| T2D | 3 (42.9) |
| Physical activity | 3 (42.9) |
| Other | 1 (14.3) |
| Target group for education | |
| People with T2D | 4 (57.1) |
| People with chronic illness of different kinds or CVD only | 2 (28.6) |
| Other | 1 (14.3) |
| Number of participants | |
| 1 | 2 (28.6) |
| 6–7 | 3 (42.9) |
| 10 | 2 (28.6) |
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| Participant gender | |
| Male only | 2 (28.6) |
| Female only | 1 (14.3) |
| Mixed (30%–60% men) | 4 (57.1) |
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| All program participants | N=42 |
| Age in years, average (range) | |
| Male | 60.1 (32–86) |
| Female | 55.5 (25–80) |
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| Interviewed program participants | Number (%) N=22 |
| Gender | |
| Male | 9 (41) |
| Female | 13 (59) |
| Total | 22 (100) |
| Age | |
| <51 years | 6 (27.3) |
| 51–65 years | 7 (31.8) |
| >65 years | 9 (40.9) |
| Chronic illness | |
| Diabetes | 12 (54.5) |
| CVD | 3 (13.6) |
| COLD | 3 (13.6) |
| None | 4 (18.2) |
| Duration of chronic illness | |
| <1 year | 3 (16.7) |
| 1–5 years | 4 (22.2) |
| >5 years | 7 (38.9) |
| Unknown | 4 (22.2) |
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| Interviewed educators | Number (%) N=11 |
| Gender | |
| Female | 11 (100) |
| Professional background | |
| Nurse | 4 (36.4) |
| Physiotherapist | 3 (27.3) |
| Dietitian | 2 (18.2) |
| Other | 2 (18.2) |
| Work place | |
| Municipality | 7 (63.6) |
| Hospital | 2 (18.2) |
| General practice | 2 (18.2) |
| Years of experience as patient educator | |
| <5 years | 4 (36.4) |
| >5 years | 7 (63.6) |
Notes:
a
Some educators had more than one professional background.
b
A patient-centered general chronic illness education program NEED (Next Education) is widely applied in patient education settings in the southern region of Denmark.1–3
c
In two settings, more than one dialogue tool was applied.
d
Included as part of another tool (My Immediate World) on one occasion.
Abbreviations: CVD, cardiovascular disease; COLD, chronic obstructive lung disease; T2D, type 2 diabetes.