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If the information provided by healthcare professionals is not adapted to the patient's daily life, it may be unusable for the patient. Previous research has found that healthcare professionals should individualise the information to enable the patient to apply the knowledge to the personal situation and to develop illness understanding. However, little is known of how healthcare professionals can facilitate patient illness understanding.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Method<\/jats:title><jats:p>A qualitative descriptive study based on individual, semi\u2010structured, open\u2010ended and face\u2010to\u2010face interviews was conducted with healthcare professionals (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a011) concerning how they facilitate patients illness understanding. Three health centres were involved during the period of March to November 2014. 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