Table 1 Outline of the basic and organising themes developed from the thematic analysis
From: Foot health education for people with rheumatoid arthritis: the practitioner's perspective
| Basic Themes | Organising Themes |
|---|---|
| • Information Provision | |
| • Empowerment | The Essence of Patient Education |
| • Disease Diagnosis, Process & Prognosis | |
| • Interventions | |
| • Role of the Podiatrist | Content - the what and why |
| • Assessments | |
| • Non-podiatry related topic | |
| • General 'vs' specific education | |
| • Timing | A patient centred approach to content and timing |
| • External barriers to provision - organisational | |
| • Psychosocial barriers | Barriers to provision of Patient education |
| • Education with regards professional roles | |
| • Professional experience | |
| • Impact of patient concordance | |
| • The impact of patient knowledge | |
| • The impact of patient attitudes | |
| • The impact of practitioner attitudes | The Therapeutic Relationship |
| • The influence of age & gender | |
| • Role/title confusion | |
| • 'Taboo' subject areas | |
| • Group 'vs' individual provision | |
| • Verbal & written material | 'Tools of the Trade' |
| • Audio-visual material | |
| • Web-based resources |
