Table 2.

Interview guide

Theme	Sample question
What was happening before the symptoms?	Tell about what you were doing before your symptoms started?
The symptom experience	What was it like having those symptoms?
Describing symptoms	Can you describe your symptoms to me?
Decision to seek help from doctor/health professional	Tell me what made you decide to see a doctor?
Influences of others	Did you seek advice from friends and family?
Barriers/enablers to help-seeking	How do day-to-day pressures affect your ability to see a doctor?
Patient clinic experience	What was the chest pain clinic pathway (nurse consult/tests/diagnosis) like? What kinds of things did you leave out telling the doctor?
Subsequent experiences	How do feel now that you have completed the pathway and have a diagnosis?
Understanding of risk of heart disease	What is your understanding about heart disease and its risk?
Perceptions of risk and genders	Tell me about what understand about differences in risk (of heart disease) between men and women?
Diagnosis	How do you feel about your diagnosis today?
Background/general health	Tell me about your background/health in general?