Table 1 Interview guide
Area | Question |
|---|---|
Living with diabetes | 1. Let’s introduce your disease as if it was a human being, let’s describe how it appears, how it behaves and what it says….; let’s tell us the story of your illness: please feel free of deciding what to say and how to say it…but please imagine to tell a story to a child…elements can be real or fantasy based as far as they represent your experience; |
The main turning points of the disease course | 2. What are, if existed, the main events that features your illness journey? |
Perceived positive and negative aspects to cope with diabetes | 3. Overall, how well do you feel and think you are able to manage your diabetes? |
4. What were your difficulties with having diabetes over the past year? | |
Self-management practice | 5. How do you manage your illness? |
6. What do you do to manage your symptoms? | |
7. Describe your overall experience living with and managing diabetes”. | |
Patients’ unmet care needs | 8. What kinds of support and resources would be most helpful to you in managing your diabetes? |
9. How would you improve the health services devoted to diabetes care? |