Table 2.

Sampling, recruitment, and characteristics of stakeholders in step 2

	Informants	Sampling criteria	Recruitment	Interview setting	Informant characteristics
STEP 2 STAKEHOLDERS (n = 17) (focus group interviews)	Urology nurses	Authority on and responsibility for referral of men with prostate cancer to rehabilitation, including assessment of rehabilitation needs	Personal email to the leader of the nursing team at the Copenhagen Prostate Cancer Center, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet	Nurses’ office, Department of Urology, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet	Five (n = 5) female nurses, including the team leader; participants had from 7 months to 12 years’ experience working with men with prostate cancer
	Soccer coaches	Experience with non-professional soccer coaching and/or management of a local soccer club	Email invitation distributed via the Danish Football Association to secretaries and/or non-professional coaches of local soccer clubs in the Copenhagen area	Common room, local soccer club in the Copenhagen area	Five (n = 5) volunteers (31–69 years of age) from two different soccer clubs, including one female club president and four non-professional male coaches
	Prostate cancer patients	Personal experience with prostate cancer regardless of treatment status, disease status and previous soccer experience	Verbal invitation to patients participating in a hospital-based patient education at Frederiksberg Hospital and written invitation distributed via email to members of the Danish Prostate Cancer Patient Association	Office, Health Research Department, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet	Seven (n = 7) men with prostate cancer (time since diagnosis: 4 months to 5 years); five of the men (56–71 years of age) had played soccer previously while two had no prior soccer experience