Promoting well-being through group drumming with mental health service users and their carers

Figures & data

Table I. The characteristics of wellbeing: overarching themes and sub-themes.

Overarching Themes	Sub-themes
1. Hedonia	1.1 Feeling good
	1.2 Physical effect
2. Agency	2.1 Initiative
	2.2 Control
3. Accomplishment	3.1 Overall accomplishment
	3.2 Musical accomplishment
4. Engagement	4.1 Concentration
	4.2 Flow
5. Redefined self	5.1 Self-awareness
	5.2 Positive identity
	5.3 Self-prospection
	5.4 Musical identity
6. Social well-being	6.1 Connectedness
	6.2 Relationships

Table

Participant	Status	Gender	Data	Programme
1	Patient	M	Interviews	6 weeks
2	Carer (informal)	F
3	Carer (formal)/Patient	F
4	Carer (formal)	F
5	Patient	F
6	Patient	F	Focus group
7	Patient	F
8	Patient	F
9	Patient	F
10	Carer (formal)	F
11	Patient	F
12	Carer (formal)	F
13	Carer (formal)	M
14	Patient	M
15	Patient	M
16	Carer (informal)/Patient	F	Interviews	10 weeks
17	Patient	F
18	Patient	M
19	Patient	M
20	Patient	F
21	Carer (informal)	F
22	Patient	F	Focus group
23	Patient	M
24	Patient	F
25	Patient	M
26	Patient	F
27	Patient	M
28	Patient	M
29	Patient	F
30	Patient	F
31	Patient	F
32	Carer (informal)/Patient	F
33	Patient	F
34	Patient	F
35	Patient	F
36	Patient	M
37	Patient	F
38	Patient	F
39	Patient	F

Table

Domain			Questions
Global wellbeing-evaluation			How would you grade your general wellbeing?
Evaluation of programme			How did you feel when you started the programme? How do you feel now?
			Tell me about your experiences in the sessions? What were the greatest moments? What, if any, were the challenges of this programme? Suppose that you were in charge and could make changes that would make the program better. What would you do?
Feeling well			During the past few weeks, how often did you feel happy?
			Tell me about most enjoyable tasks during the sessions
Functioning well		Personal relationships	Let’s talk a little about relationships. In the last few weeks, how satisfied are you with your personal relationships?
		Social adjustment	How was the experience of working in a group? Have you noticed any difference in your interactions with others since the programme started?
		Self-concept	Imagine you had to describe yourself to someone that just met you, what would you say?
		Meaning	During the programme, how often did you feel that you had experiences that challenged you to grow positively? Have you noticed any difference in the way you think about life recently?
		Accomplishment	What do you feel you have gained from these sessions? In the past month, how often did you feel good at managing the responsibilities of daily life?
Recovery/Mutual recovery			[If applicable]: How do you think this has helped you deal with (condition)? What do you think it is about the sessions that helps in that? How was the experience of having people from so many different backgrounds here?
Overall well-being			Taking all things together, how happy would you say you are these days?

Table

Introduction	Welcoming participants; introductions Explaining purpose and context of the focus group (no right or wrong answers, keeping confidentiality within the group) Explaining about the research project and ethics, that information is confidential and no names will be used
Main body	General well-being evaluation: How would you rate your wellbeing these days? Evaluation of the programme: What is your general evaluation of this programme? How did this programme affect the way you feel day-to-day? How did you experience doing music as part of this particular group? [If applicable] Recovery: How does the making of music help us in this change ? Transition: Of all the things we discussed, what do you think is the most important aspect to take from this experience?
Close	Thanks; contact information for further follow up; explain how data will be used