| • Experience with anxiety/insomnia problems: How and when you came to perceive anxiety problems. Causes that could have led to discomfort. Coping capacity. Consequences in daily life. |
| • Managing anxiety and insomnia (self-care strategies): Self-care strategies (pharmacological and non-pharmacological). Reasons for self-care strategies instead of going to the doctor. |
| • Seeking healthcare: Reasons for seeking healthcare. Treatment options for anxiety, insomnia, depression, stress, etc. Time spent attending the health centre. Type of information offered at the health centre to respond to anxiety, insomnia, depression, stress, etc. Remembering the first-time benzodiazepine was prescribed. Prior knowledge of benzodiazepines. Experiences with benzodiazepine consumption. Physical, emotional, social consequences of consumption. Demanding benzodiazepines. Acceptance of other alternatives to consumption. Perception of dependency. Type of therapeutic relationship with the doctor/s. |
| • Beliefs and attitudes about benzodiazepine use: Risk perception. Self-control perception. Opinion on dependency. |
| • Proposals and recommendations for the improvement of care: Opinion on improvements in healthcare with benzodiazepines. A suggestion of models of care. |
| Interview schedule for practitioners |
| • Prescription of benzodiazepines: Experience in benzodiazepine prescription. Profile of people attending the health centre. Changes in profile in recent years. Prescription frequency. Patient demand. Information provided on consumption. Over-prescription. |
| • Treatment options: Diagnostic criteria for the prescription. Prescription suitability options for benzodiazepines. Alternative options to benzodiazepine prescription. Barriers when considering other therapeutic alternatives. Offering patient treatment options to replace the prescription of benzodiazepines. |
| • Healthcare model and professional practices: Recommendations for improving the quality of benzodiazepine prescription. Knowledge of guidelines for benzodiazepine prescription recommendations. Knowledge of alternative treatments offered in the Public Health Services. |
| • Proposals and recommendations for the improvement of care: Proposals for modification of interventions to improve benzodiazepine prescription. An ideal model of healthcare for people suffering from anxiety, insomnia, stress, etc. Recommendations and strategies to address (de)prescription. |
