Table 2.

Guide for the Semi-structured Interview

1) What have been your experiences as a couple with CPAP treatment?

2) What are the consequences (e.g. outcomes, changes) of CPAP treatment for the period of time that you have used it? (Encourage the patient and the partner to talk about the changes they have noticed)

3) As a couple, what was the biggest challenge to using CPAP? (Probe for what they have done or what can be done to overcome those challenges)

4) What was helpful to you in using the CPAP treatment? (Probe for what the spouse did that was helpful)

5) What was not helpful to you in using CPAP treatment? (Probe for what the spouse did that was not helpful)

6) Is there something that you didn’t know about CPAP and wish you had known before starting the treatment?

7) What advice would you give to other couples that will be using CPAP?