Table 2.

Outline of interviews with patients with obstructive sleep apnea and their co-residents.

Patients (P)	Co-residents (C)
1. How did you feel when your doctor told you that you had obstructive sleep apnea?	1. How did you learn that the patient had obstructive sleep apnea? How did you feel at the time?
2. How much do you know (understand) about this disease now? Do you feel that there are some things that you do not understand, or some questions that are not clear to you now?	2. How much do you know about OSA? How well do you think the patient understands OSA? What aspects do you think are still unclear or misunderstood by patients?
3. What factors do you think affect your understanding of the disease?	3. What factors do you think influence your understanding of the patient’s disease?
4. What changes have you and your family encountered in your daily life because of the disease?	4. How has the patient’s OSA changed your daily life? How have these changes affected you and your family?
5. how do you personally and your family deal with these uncertainties?	5. How do you cope with the uncertainty that comes with the patient’s OSA? How did you communicate and coordinate with the patient?
6. what would you most like to know about this disease? What do you want to know most about the disease?	6. What would you most like to know about this disease? What knowledge or information about OSA would you most like to have?
7. what aspects of help do you expect most from healthcare professionals?	7. What do you expect most from your healthcare provider?