Shifting roles: physiotherapists’ perception of person-centered care during a pre-implementation phase in the acute hospital setting - A phenomenographic study

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Table 1. Sample questions from the individual interview and focus group

Individual interview	Focus group
Please, can you share your thoughts on person-centered care (PCC) in the acute hospital context?	Please, can you share your thoughts on PCC in the acute hospital context?
Please, can you share a clinical situation where a patient has received what you think is PCC?	Are there, as you see it, any advantages or disadvantages to a PCC approach in physiotherapy?
Please, can you share your experiences of a clinical situation where a patient received the opposite to PCC?	Please, can you share your thoughts on a scenario where patients have a great deal of influence over treatment options and goal formulation?
Please, can you share your thoughts on the process of determining treatment goals for the patient?	Please, can you share your thoughts on the physiotherapy (PT) profession as you see it and in relation to a PCC approach?

Table 2. Characteristics of the physiotherapists (PT´s) participating in individual interviews and the focus group

	Individual interview	Focus group
Participants	n = 7	n= 3
Sex: female/male	6/1	2/1
Age, yrs: mean (range)	35 (27–53)	29.6 (27–32)
Years in the profession: mean (range)	8 (1–16)	6 (4–8)
Context of physiotherapy	acute medicine, surgical, orthopedic, rheumatic care	acute medicine, surgical care

Table 3. Overview of the main descriptive categories and subcategories of how physiotherapists perceived patient-centered care (PCC)

Descriptive categories: main outcome
Physical Therapists Perceived a Transformed Patient Role	Physical Therapists Perceived a Challenged Professional Role
Subcategories
I Transformation from patient to person.	I Shift in decision making, from PT to patient.
II Overestimating patients’ competence.	II Changes in clinical practice, from employing a hands-on approach to being a conversation partner.
III Strengthened patient influence.	III Decreased demands for professional expertise.