101 Patients’ and volunteers’ experiences with a social network intervention 4 were encouraged to focus on enhancing motivation and building a working alliance with their patient. Coaching intended to focus on drafting personal network goals, gaining new social contacts and experiences, and participating in social activities. Patient-coach dyads had an amount of €9,- to their disposal in order to support activities during each meeting. All coaches were invited to regular group supervision meetings. Furthermore, coaches had the opportunity to receive individual supervision from the coordinator whowas responsible for the monitoring of coaches during FNC. Evaluation of FNC took place every 3 to 6 months and after completion of FNC, at 12 months. Patient-coach dyads could decide to stay connected after completion of FNC without interference from De Regenboog Groep. All patients received TAU, which could consist of a variety of treatments: ambulatory psychotherapies (e.g., cognitive behavioral therapy, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing) and/or forensic flexible assertive community treatment (FACT) (Van Veldhuizen, 2007). No treatments were withheld from patients. However, TAU could have been discontinued or terminated by clinicians and/or by patients during the study. Qualitative research paradigm The qualitative study concerned a one-to-one semi-structured single interview study with patients (randomized to the FNC arm of the beforementioned RCT) and their coaches. We used reflexive thematic analysis as described by Braun and Clarke (2006) in order to identify and report patterns in experiences of patients and coaches with FNC. Our approach was inductive and interpretive, as we intended to stay close to the data without using a predefined codebook or theoretical framework to develop an understanding of participants’ experiences. Moreover, themes were not only identified in the data, but also developed through an interpretive process in which our interpretation was continually revised and deepened (Braun & Clarke, 2022). The Standards for Reporting Qualitative Research (SRQR) guidelines were used in this study (O’Brien, Harris, Beckman, Reed, & Cook, 2014). Sampling strategy Between May 2019 and August 2020, we conducted semi-structured interviews among a convenience sample of the first half of patients assigned to the FNC-intervention of the RCT, as well as coaches who were matched to these patients, reaching post assessment (12 months after baseline assessment). Patient-coach dyads were interviewed to obtain a full understanding, as patients and coaches might have had different experiences, and different perspectives on patient engagement. In addition, patients in diverse compliance groups were interviewed to explore the engagement in the intervention and barriers as
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