Table 1.

Qualitative Interview Field Guide, English Translation

Introduction 1RA introduces himself. 2Icebreaker questions: Allow interviewee to introduce himself.

Family and Social Roles 3How close are you to your family? 4How did your family react to you beginning treatment at the C&C? What role, if any, does your family play in the treatment process?

Past Drug Use History 5When did you start doing drugs? Can you talk about what influenced you to start doing drugs and your attitude towards them when you started using them? 6What are the positive impacts of drug use and how do you maximize them? 7What are the negative impacts of drug use and how do you minimize them? 8Can you talk about your use of drugs before seeking treatment for addiction?

Motivations to Seeking Treatment for Drug Addiction 9What made you decide to seek treatment for drug addiction now at the C&C? 10How might drug use have affected your family/social life, work, health, etc? 11Were your family and friends a source of support or discouragement in seeking treatment? Elaborate. 12What problems/obstacles did you face seeking the treatment? Elaborate.

Experience at C&C 13How did you find out about the C&C center? 14What made you decide to try treatment at the center? 15Tell me about your experience with the C&C center.

Efficacy of Treatment 16Do you believe the treatment is effective and how so? Which treatment services are the best? 17What are the positive and negative aspects of your treatment?

Changes in Health Status 18How have your addiction and your health changed from when you first began treatment here? 19How have you changed socially and mentally from when you first began treatment here? 20Did you ever try to seek treatment before coming to the C&C center? What was your opinion of the treatment? If you have been in a PUSPEN/CCDU program, please talk about your experience with it. 21How does the C&C compare to these other types of drug addiction therapy that you have experienced?

Treatment Adherence, Healthcare Retention 22How well are you following the treatment instructions you are given? 23What makes it easy or difficult to follow the treatment? 24How easy is it to keep your appointments? What challenges do you face coming for your appointments (no car, work hours, distance, location, etc.)?

Satisfaction with C&C 25What do you like most about the center? Can you elaborate on these points? 26What did you not like about the center? Could anything be improved? Please elaborate on these points.

Perceptions of Drug Addiction Treatment 27Before you began seeking treatment, how did you view other people who received drug addiction treatment? How has this view changed, or not changed now that you have experienced treatment yourself? 28How do you balance your work with treatment? Have you been in danger of losing your job after you began treatment? Did you feel more or less secure at your job after seeking treatment? 29Do your colleagues know you are seeking treatment for drug addiction? How would, or do, they react if they knew? 30How would you react now if you found out a colleague or a close friend was in drug rehabilitation therapy? 31Is there anything else that you would like to add?