Table 1.

Overview of the research process

Time frame	2015		2016	2017–2018
Process	Preparation	Group discussions 1–4	Group discussions 5–9	Articles published/in review	Group discussion 10	Principal investigator
Method and objective	Establishing agreement to include patients from two cohort studies (COMORB)	Establishing the PRG. Agreement on working conditions. Feedback on and review of the interview guide	Data analysis of the working steps and of the PRG members’ experience of the process	Journal publications and dissemination. PRG members as co-authors and dissemination to remaining PRG members	Data analysis of the PRG members’ experience of the process	Reflections on the research process with the PRG
Data material (reports, recordings, transcribed interviews)	Reports from three meetings. Obtaining approval from the Ethical Committee for Health Research Ethics	Reports from four meetings	Reports, digital recordings, and transcriptions from five meetings.	Art. (1) Why those with SUD stop abusing substances? Art. (2) Helpful ingredients in the treatment of SUD (in press) Art. (3) How social relationships influence SUD recovery Art. (4) A popular scientific article based on article 1, published in Norwegian Each article distributed to the PRG	Report, digital recording, and transcription of a 2-h meeting	Summary of continuous notetaking