Table 1.
Qualitative Interview Guide.
| Question | Probes |
|---|---|
| What is it like to live with advanced cancer as a young adult? | • When were you diagnosed? What was it like to be diagnosed at that age? |
| How does advanced cancer impact your experience in day-to-day life as a young adult? | • How does your diagnosis impact the things you want to be doing? |
| • Can you elaborate on what causes those difficulties? | |
| What are the different things you are doing to overcome these difficulties? | • How have you attempted to carve out a life for yourself? |
| • What has worked? What hasn’t worked? | |
| • Why have these things worked or not worked? | |
| • What do you wish had worked? Why? | |
| What services and/or supports are you accessing? | • What was it about these supports/services that helped you? What hasn’t helped? |
| • Why have these things worked or not worked? | |
| • What do you wish had worked? Why? | |
| • What type of services/supports would you like to see? Can you elaborate on what these services might look like? | |
| What was the process like when you finished your treatment? | • What were or are some of the physical/psychological/social concerns you are/have faced since you have finished your treatments? |
| • How did the treatment phase affect your relationships with your family/friends/co-workers? Can you speak more about this? | |
| • Can you talk about some of the support you received from family/friends/clinicians around the management of these concerns? | |
| Is there anything else that you would like to add? | • Is there any important issue that we have not talked about and that you would like to share with me? |