Table 1.

Focus group guides for patients and partners
Patients	Partners
1. Tell me what you know about sleep apnea.	1. Tell me what you know about sleep apnea.
2. What effect has sleep apnea had on your quality of life?	2. What effect has your partner's sleep apnea had on your quality of life?
3. What was your experience like the first night of using CPAP at home?	3. What was your experience like the first night that your partner used CPAP at home?
4. Are there things that have helped you in using CPAP?	4. Are there things that have helped your partner in using CPAP?
a. If yes, what are those?	a. If yes, what are those?
b. How did your partner help your CPAP use?
5. Are there things that have prevented you from using CPAP or feeling like you can use CPAP?	5. Are there things that have prevented your partner from using CPAP or feeling like he or she can use CPAP?
a. If yes, what are those?	a. If yes, what are those?
b. How did your partner hinder your CPAP use?
6. If you were to develop a special program to help first-time CPA users feel comfortable in using CPAP, what would that program look like?	6. If you were to develop a special program to help first-time CPA users feel comfortable in using CPAP, what would that program look like?
a. What things would you include? Spouses or significant others?	a. What things would you include? Spouses or significant others?
b. In what ways would such a program have been helpful when you were beginning CPAP?	b. In what ways would such a program have been helpful when your partner began CPAP?