Table II.

Facts regarding the focus-group interviews.

Number of groups	4
Number of participants in each group	4
Length of interviews	Two hours
Tape-recorded	Yes
Question guide	Yes, dealing with experiences of prescribing, how knowledge is acquired/obtained, reviews on EBM and thoughts about knowledge and information in future
Moderator	Yes (IS), medical doctor, helped by facilitator with prior experience of the method, assisting in the first group
Notes were taken during the interviews	Yes, by moderator
Listen to the tapes	Each tape was listened to within 24 hours by moderator
Assessment	A comprehensive assessment was written by moderator after the interviews. This was used to recall the first impression during the analysis
Subsequently transcribed verbatim	Yes