Citizens’ experiences with occupational-rehabilitation meetings in Denmark, and measurement of the citizens’ health literacy levels: A qualitative study

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Table 1. Demographic characteristics of the participants

	Gender & Age	Marital Status	Outcome of the meeting	Diseases	Education
Participant 1	F, 54	Married	Reduced hour-job	Herniated disc	Medium-cycle higher education
Participant 2	F, 45	Married	Reduced hour-job	Herniated disc, Spinal stenosis and Osteoarthritis	Medium-cycle higher education
Participant 3	M, 60	Widower	Retirement	COPD with 27% lung capacity	Short-cycle higher education
Participant 4	F, 51	Married	Reduced hour-job	Diabetes, heart failure and psoriasis	Short-cycle higher education
Participant 5	F, 60	Married	Unknown	Breast cancer	Short-cycle higher education
Participant 6	F, 54	Married	Reduced hour-job	Throat cancer	Short-cycle higher education

Notes: F–female, M–male.

Table 2. Presentation of superordinate themes and sub-themes

Superordinate themes	Theme 1	Theme 2	Theme 3	Theme 4	Theme 5	Theme 6
	The importance of the occupational-rehabilitation meeting	The experience of the structure of the occupational-rehabilitation meeting	The relationship to the social worker	The importance of an assessor	Comprehension of information	Interaction with the occupational-rehabilitation team
Subthemes	The meeting has great importance for the person, as demonstrated by a specific expectation to the outcome of the meeting	Positive attitude towards the structure of the meeting	Positive relationship to and confidence in the social worker	Need for social support from spouse and professionals	Lack of information	Expectations of paternalism in the social sector and uncritical in interaction with professionals
	(P1, P2, P3, P4)	(P1, P5)	(P2)	(P2, P4, P5, P6)	(P1, P6)	(P2, P3, P5)
	The meeting does not have a major impact on the person due to no specific expectation to the outcome of the meeting	Anxiety about the meeting	Critical approach to the social worker’s competencies	The assessor’s importance for the interaction with the professionals	Limited ability to handle verbosity, and difficulties in understanding the information provided	Insecure in the interaction with the occupational-rehabilitation team
	(P5, P6)	(P2)	(P1, P3, P6)	(P3)	(P2, P4, P5)	(P3, P4)
		Uncomprehending of the structure of the meeting due to lack of information			Little interest in seeking information related to the meeting
		(P3, P6)			(P3, P4)

Figure 1. HLQ scores measured in all nine domains divided by participants and mean value.

Table 3. Relations between superordinate themes and HLQ domains

Superordinate themes
1. The importance of the occupational-rehabilitation meeting	2. The experience of the structure of the occupational rehabilitation meeting	3. The relationship to the social worker	4. The importance of an assessor	5. Comprehension of information				6. Interaction with the occupational-rehabilitation team
HLQ domains
		I. Feeling understood and supported by healthcare providers	IV. Social support for health	II. Having sufficient information to manage my health	V. Appraisal of health information	VI. Ability to find good health information	VII. Understanding health information well enough to know what to do	VIII. Ability to actively engage with health care providers	III. Actively managing my health	VII. Navigating the healthcare system