Stakeholder Engagement in Hoarding Research

Key stakeholders were identified from and via an existing hoarding research group (https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/academic-departments/psychology/research/health-and-wellbeing/hoarding-research/), a multidisciplinary group (48 members) which brings together academics from English Universities, stakeholders from the Local Authorities, Housing Associations, Charities, Social Care Services, Mental Health Services, the NHS, and Emergency Services. Many of the key stakeholders were already members of this group, however members were also called upon to identify further key stakeholders (snowball sampling whereby participants suggest other individuals who could be invited to participate). Judgements about sample size, when to stop data collection and data saturation in thematic analysis are subjective, and therefore could not be determined (wholly) in advance of analysis [28 ] but based on previous work it was estimated that around two focus groups with 6–8 stakeholders each would provide sufficient data.