Table 1 Interview guide
Topic | Elaboration/example questions |
|---|---|
Introduction | Introduction by the interviewer on the purpose of the interview, including creation of a safe atmosphere. TA will be introduced and explained |
General TA | What do you think as elite athlete/physiotherapist that is important for a strong TA? |
Theme 1: congruence | What is your view on the importance of agreement between you and your elite athlete/physiotherapist and what influences the agreement process? |
Theme 2: connectedness | What do you regard as important for the connection between you and the elite athlete/physiotherapist in a social context? |
Theme 3: communication | Which factors do you think contribute to a proper communication between a physiotherapist and an elite athlete? |
Theme 4: expectation | How do you think that your expectation/the elite athlete’s expectation affects the TA? What could this expectation be based upon? |
Theme 5: individualised therapy | Do you think an individualised therapy contributes to a stronger TA? What makes you believe that the therapy is based on you/the elite athlete? |
Theme 6: influencing factors | What do you think contributes to a strong TA as an external factor? What elite athlete’s or physiotherapist’s personal characteristics, do you think contribute to a strong TA? |
Theme 7: partnership | What do you view as important for the professional bond between you and the elite athlete/physiotherapist? |
Theme 8: Roles and responsibilities | What do you see as the elite athletes’ or physiotherapists’ professional roles, what do these consist of? |
New themes | What do you as elite athlete/physiotherapist see as other important factors regarding the TA? How do you feel that the TA in an elite athlete setting differs from the general population TA? |
Discarding previous factors | Participants received a printed version of “Appendix A”. They were asked to remove factors which they felt did not contribute to the TA in an elite athlete environment |