Table 2.

Interview sample questions.

Domain	Patient Interviews	Clinician Interviews
Sense-making work	What have you heard about the idea of using educational handouts to make decisions about choosing a new medication? At your last visit, you and your clinician discussed the possibility of adding a new medication. What do you remember about the different medications, their pros and cons? Did you decide to take/not take a new medication? Did you participate in the decision to the extent that you wanted? How so?	How do you approach decision-making with patients? What have you heard about the idea of using decision aids in medical practice? What did you do to prepare to use the decisions aids, if anything? Can you tell me about your experience of using the decision aid with your patients for this study?
Relationship work	Would you say that using the diabetes cards affected your relationship with your clinician? If so, how? Explain.	Would you say that using decision aids affected your relationship with your patients? If so, how? How did using decision aids influence the ways in which you communicate with patients? How confident did you feel about using the decision aids with your patients? What helped you/hindered your confidence using decision aids?
Enactment work	Did you tell family members/friends about the DA you used with your doctor to discuss diabetes medications/statins? Did you bring the DA printout home and discuss with family or friends?	How did the decision aids fit into your patient management style? Explain. Did you recommend using decision aids to colleagues? Why? Why not? If DA were to become part of routine practice, what protocols/ policies would you like to see?
Appraisal	What do you remember about using the DA? What did you like about it/dislike? Did using the DA helped you decide about adding on a new medication/changing your medication? Explain. What did you think about the presentation of the DA? Was it straightforward/easy to understand/difficult? Explain. What could have been better when you and your clinician used this tool during your visit?	Do you feel the decision aids helped you to accomplish your goals with your patients? Did it hinder you in your practice? How do you think the patients felt about having a decision aid? What role would you say did the decision aids played to help patients decide about medication use (if any)? What would you do differently if you were to use decision aids with these patients again?

DA, decision aid.