Table 2.

Interview prompts and cues in relation to treatment

Treatment specific prompts and cues

Describe how the treatment for vasculitis affected you

Good/bad affects

Timing of effects

Effects other than physical

Effect on day to day life

Other prompts and cues that elicited responses related to glucocorticoids

Diagnosis

Tell me about the time when you first got your diagnosis

Describe how getting the diagnosis of vasculitis affected you

Disease flares

How would you describe “having a flare”?

Describe what you notice physically when your symptoms start to flare

Describe what you notice psychologically when your symptoms start to flare

Over what period of time does the flare develop?

Tell me about any clues you get that the vasculitis is about to, or is starting to, flare up

Tell me about what do you do when you think a flare is starting

What helps?

What makes it worse?

What thoughts do you have about future flares?