TABLE 3.

Examples of interview questions

Areas for exploration	Interview questions (patients)	Interview questions (staff)
Where, when & why is knowledge shared?	1.1. Do you think that you know enough about your condition to enable you to make decisions about how to manage it? 1.2. Where do you get most of your information from? 1.3. If you felt that you needed more information, where would you look? Who would you ask? 1.4. How do you know when you need more information about something? 1.5. How do you know when you have enough information? 1.6. Do you think having more information is always a good thing?	1.7. How do you assess patient knowledge of their condition? 1.8. What information or knowledge do you feel the patient can contribute to illness management? 1.9. Do you think patients have increasing knowledge? 1.10. Is this always a good thing? 1.11. How do you know when the patient wants more information? 1.12. How do you know when patients have enough information? Can you give me an example 1.13. Is some knowledge or information which patients have more useful than others? Can you give me an example?