Combining technical and expert-by-experience knowledge in the quest for personal recovery from bipolar disorder: a qualitative study

Tse, Samson; Yuen, Winnie W. Y.; Murray, Greg; Davidson, Larry; Lai, Queenie; Kan, Alice

doi:10.1186/s12888-019-2357-3

Table 2 Characteristics of the study sample

From: Combining technical and expert-by-experience knowledge in the quest for personal recovery from bipolar disorder: a qualitative study

Participant number	Gender	Age	Year of diagnosis	Settings^a where the participants were recruited	Main types of peer support services received^b (Services provided by general mental health practitioners^c)
SU01	F	55	20	ICCMW	Recovery group led /co-led by PSW
SU02	F	48	30	ICCMW	Recovery group led /co-led by PSW
SU03	M	52	16	In-patient Hospital	One-to-one in person conversation
SU04	M	26	10	ICCMW	Phone conversation
SU05	F	42	16	ICCMW	Phone conversation
SU06	F	58	31	In-patient Hospital	Recovery group led /co-led by PSW
SU07	F	40	18	Community	Group sharing
SU08	F	59	33	Community	Group sharing
SU09	M	39	20	In-patient Hospital	One-to-one in person conversation
SU10	F	62	26	In-patient Hospital	Group sharing
SU11	F	26	8	In-patient Hospital	One-to-one in person conversation
SU12	M	36	24	Community	Group sharing
SU13	M	63	36	Community	Group sharing
SU14	F	54	37	Community	One-to-one in person conversation
SU15	F	53	15	Community	One-to-one in person conversation
SU16	M	46	30	Community	Group sharing
SU17	F	49	16	Community	One-to-one in person conversation
SU18	M	45	28	Community	Group sharing
SU19	F	42	18	Community	Group sharing
SU20	M	27	5	In-patient Hospital	One-to-one in person conversation; Phone conversation
SU21	F	48	29	In-patient Hospital	One-to-one in person conversation; Recovery group led/co-led by PSW
SU22	F	47	15	ICCMW	Phone conversation
SU23	F	54	19	ICCMW	Leisure group
SU24	M	66	20	ICCMW	One-to-one in person conversation
SU25	F	27	12	ICCMW	One-to-one in person conversation
SU26	F	52	24	ICCMW	Recovery group led /co-led by PSW
SU27	F	53	37	ICCMW	Recovery group led /co-led by PSW
SU28	F	28	9	In-patient Hospital	One-to-one in person conversation
SU29	F	58	15	ICCMW	One-to-one in person conversation
SU30	F	40	13	ICCMW	Recovery group led /co-led by PSW
SU31	F	44	26	ICCMW	Leisure group
SU32	F	41	17	ICCMW	Recovery group led /co-led by PSW

Notes.
^aSettings: ICCMW Integrated Community Centre for Mental Wellness. Community settings include faith groups, general social groups.
^bMain types of peer support services: Recovery group covers various topics e.g., goal setting, meaning of “personal recovery”. One-to-one in person conversation refers to the participants talking with PSW about various topics e.g., the activities the participants are doing, personal matters concerning them. Phone conversation refers to the participants who are using the agency’s warm line (phone-based mutual care service). Examples of leisure group are cooking sessions, Tai-Chi class, praise and dance group.
^cServices provided by general mental health practitioners: The participants received a variety of mental health services offered by the general mental health practitioners, e.g., psychiatric services in the hospital or at the specialist out-patient clinics, community psychiatric nursing services, occupational therapy, case management by social workers at the ICCMW, and psychotherapy or counselling (which were rarely mentioned by the participants in the present study).

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