“This book is my life…”: A qualitative feasibility study on the use of a self-management support tool

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Table 1. Contents of the prototype booklet

How to use the booklet Glossary of terms (with translations in Zulu and Sepedi) Making most of the medical consultation (tips for patients) Information on diabetes and hypertension definition physiology signs and symptoms complications health education messages Lifestyle change messages Body mass index table Preparing for the consultation tables for recording vital signs by health care providers tables for use in provider-patient consultation Spaces for referral notes General notes by health care provider Pocket for appointment card at the inside back cover Emergency telephone numbers on outside back cover

Figure 1. Example of a page from the prototype booklet.

Table 2. Breakdown of participants

	Intervention group					Comments-only group
	Method		Participants			Method		Participants
	FG (n)	II (n)	Total (n)	M (n)	F (n)	FG (n)	II (n)	Total (n)	M (n)	F (n)
Patients	2	1	16	3	13	4	0	32	13	19
Providers	2	2	8	*	*	2	4	9	*	*
Total	4	3	24			6	4	41

FG = focus group; II = individual interview, M = male; F = Female

* Not documented

Table 3. Topics in each of the four feasibility areas

Feasibility area:	1. Acceptability	2. Demand	3. Implementation	4. Practicality
Topics	Satisfaction Appropriateness Organisational culture	Intention to use/Continuation of use Perceived demand	Successes and failures Resources Ease/Difficulty of implementation Efficiency and speed	Positive/Expected positive effects Patients’ ability to use booklet effectively