Table 2.

Patients’ associations involved in semi-structured interviews.

Patients’ Associations	English Translation	Description
RESPIRA—Associação Portuguesa de Pessoas com DPOC e outras Doenças Respiratórias Crónicas	Portuguese Association of People with COPD and other Chronic Respiratory Diseases	To represent people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and other chronic respiratory diseases
APD—Associação Portuguesa da Doença Inflamatória do Intestino	Portuguese Association of Inflammatory Bowel Disease	To represent people with inflammatory bowel disease
GAT—Grupo de Ativistas em Tratamentos	Treatment Activists Group	To represent people with HIV/AIDS
APA—Associação Portuguesa de Asmáticos	Portuguese Association of Asthmatics	To represent people with asthma
AAGI-ID—Associação dos Amigos da Grande Idade—Inovação e Desenvolvimento	Association of Friends of the Great Age—Innovation and Development	To aggregate people working in the ageing sector
MAIS PARTICIPAÇÃO, melhor saúde	MORE PARTICIPATION, better health	To promote participation and empowerment of representatives of people with or without disease

Notes: The first column provides the Portuguese names of associations consulted in this study. The second column provides an English translation for the name of each patients’ association.