Table 3 Topic guide for participants’ experiences with the mindfulness course
Questions | Prompts |
|---|---|
1. First of all, can you start by telling me what you were expecting from the mindfulness sessions? | -What did you think the programme would be like? -In what ways (if any) did you think it might help you? |
2. How did you find the programme overall? | -Tell me how you found your first session -Tell me about the other sessions -Tell me how you found the homework tasks |
3. Can you tell me what you liked about the programme? | -What was helpful? Why? How? -Were there some sessions/some aspects that were more helpful than others? |
4. Can you tell me what you disliked about the programme? | -What was unhelpful? Why? How? -Were there some sessions/some aspects that were less helpful than others? |
5. Tell me about anything that you feel has changed from having done the programme? | -Can you tell me what changed? (Anything different in your day-to-day life, the way you are dealing with PD?) -Can you tell me how you came to notice things changing? -Why/how do you think things changed? |
6. Do you have anything else you would like to tell me about your experiences of this programme that have not already covered? | -What would you feed back to the people who put together the programme? -What advice would you give to people thinking about taking part in mindfulness-based programmes? |
7. What do you think of the questionnaires used and the overall set-up of the study? | -How did you find participating in a course over Skype? -Any further comments regarding the questionnaires used? |