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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Nov 16.
Published in final edited form as: Palliat Support Care. 2018 May 16;17(2):221–226. doi: 10.1017/S1478951518000135
Baseline Pre Treatment Interview
We are interested in learning about your experience with insomnia and what factors, if any, have impacted your insomnia. Please try to be as descriptive as possible in your response. There is no right or wrong answers. All your answers will be audio recorded and your name will be concealed using a participant ID number, and will remain confidential. Do you have any questions? Are you ready to begin?
If patient says “yes”, turn the recorder ON and state the following:
  • Subject Database Number: Baseline#_____

  • Date__________________

Content: Background
1. Tell me about your insomnia?
2. How did your insomnia start? Can you remember when it started?
3. What factors, if any, have influenced how severe your insomnia is? How long have you had insomnia? Did your insomnia get worse or better?
4. In what ways, if any, has your insomnia, cancer diagnosis and or treatment affected your daily functioning?
5. How has your insomnia impacted other important areas of your life, if at all? For example, relationship with others, work flow, memory, concentration, attention, etc.?
6. What treatments or strategies have you used to try and manage your insomnia? How did they work?
7. Is there anything else about your experience that you think is important for us to know?