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. 2018 Jul 5;20(7):e237. doi: 10.2196/jmir.9791

Table 1.

Interview guide for semistructured interviews with health care professionals.

Fields of interest Probing questions
Experience with health coaching involving patients with lifestyle challenges in the municipality health center
  • Please tell me about good and bad experiences you have had with health coaching. Why do you think it played out that way?


Their own lifestyle experiences
  • Have you ever taken the initiative to improve or change your lifestyle?

  • Do you use experiences from your own life in your coaching? Why or why not?


Experience with electronic health and digital coaching in relation to their own and patients’ health challenges
  • How much experience do you have with communicating with patients using digital tools?

  • What works well and what does not work well in digital coaching?