Table 3.
Educator assessment of PEASCI tools
| My Day | Check-in | Our Rules | My Immediate World | My Contact with HCPs | Fact or Fiction | Where Am I? | We’re On the Way | Check-out | Mean | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Design principles | ||||||||||
| Flexibility of use | ||||||||||
| Useful for both individual and group sessions | 3.2 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.8 |
| Useful in different situations | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.0 |
| Useful with different themes | 3.4 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.1 |
| Useful in situations of varying difficulty | 3.0 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.7 |
| Simplicity of structure | ||||||||||
| Easy to explain | 4.6 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 4.0 |
| Easy to understand | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 4.0 |
| Has a clear objective | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.1 |
| Concrete and specific | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 3.9 |
| Reader friendly | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.2 |
| Appreciative approach | ||||||||||
| Is supporting and affirmative | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.9 |
| Is reliable and creates trust | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.8 |
| Is humorous and creates hope | 2.4 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
| Focuses on success and is motivating | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| Concrete expression | ||||||||||
| Takes different learning styles into account | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
| Provides visual, tactile, kinesthetic, and auditory stimulation | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.5 |
| Focuses on practice | 2.8 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| Tangible | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.0 |
| Mean | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.8 |
| Overall objective and purpose of tool | ||||||||||
| Safe environment | ||||||||||
| Supports creation of a trustworthy environment | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4.0 |
| Supports the educator’s contact with participants | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4.0 |
| Supports contact and trust between participants | – | – | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.6 | – | 3.5 |
| Reflection, participation, and dialogue | ||||||||||
| Facilitates reflection | 4.2 | – | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.1 |
| Creates dialogue | 4.3 | – | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.3 | – | 4.2 |
| Creates participation | 4.3 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.0 |
| Supports articulation of individual participants’ needs and wishes | 3.8 | – | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.2 | – | 4.3 | 4.0 | – | 4.0 |
| Stimulates sharing of experiences between participants | – | – | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.0 | – | 3.9 |
| Relationships | ||||||||||
| Supports clarifying participants’ relationships | 3.3 | – | 2.6 | 4.7 | 4.4 | – | – | – | – | 3.8 |
| Supports improving participants’ relationships | – | – | – | 4.5 | 4.2 | – | – | – | – | 4.4 |
| Knowledge, motivation, and action competence | ||||||||||
| Supports knowledge sharing on participants’ premises | 2.8 | – | – | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.1 | – | – | – | 3.5 |
| Facilitates development of action competence of individual participants | – | – | – | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 3.8 | – | 3.6 |
| Helps motivate participants to set goals for change and actions | 3.7 | – | – | – | – | – | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
| Facilitates identification of individual participants’ need for support for action | – | – | – | 3.9 | 4.0 | – | 3.8 | 3.8 | – | 3.9 |
| Is suitable for “hardly reached” participants | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.8 |
| Is suitable for other participants than “hardly reached” | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.0 |
| Mean | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
Note: Items were scored on a 5-point scale from 1 (not at all) to 5 (to a great extent).
Abbreviations: HCPs, health care professionals; PEASCI, person-centered education approach and tool kit targeting self-management of chronic illness.