Semi-structured interview guide
| Topic | Sample question | Bowen et al22 area of focus |
| Introduction | What is your role/position in the physiotherapy department? | Not applicable |
| What is your previous experience in managing patients with multimorbidity? | Not applicable | |
| Role of allied health assistant in rehabilitation of patients with multimorbidity and project outcomes | Describe the role that the allied health assistant has in providing rehabilitation to patients with multimorbidity in this study? | Practicality |
| Describe the outcomes for (1) patients and (2) staff? | Practicality | |
| What were the benefits of allied health assistant rehabilitation? | Practicality | |
| What were the burdens of allied health assistant rehabilitation? | Practicality | |
| Describe any safety issues with allied health assistant rehabilitation for patients with multimorbidity? How/Why was this the case? | Practicality | |
| Implementation of allied health assistant rehabilitation | Describe your experience with implementing allied health assistant rehabilitation? | Implementation |
| What were the barriers/challenges of implementation? | Implementation | |
| What were the facilitators of implementation? | Implementation | |
| How could implementation be improved? | Implementation | |
| Future role of allied health assistant rehabilitation | Would you like to continue to use allied health assistant rehabilitation for patients with multimorbidity? Why? | Acceptability/demand |
| Describe the sustainability of allied health assistant rehabilitation? | Acceptability/demand | |
| Do you think any changes should be made to the allied health assistant rehabilitation model of care? | Acceptability/demand | |
| Tell me about whether allied health assistant rehabilitation can be used in other health settings or with other patient populations? | Acceptability/demand | |
| How does allied health assistant rehabilitation fit with organisation goals and culture? | Acceptability | |
| What are the positive/negative effects on the organisation? | Acceptability |