Table 1.

Example of open-ended questions for the semi-structured interviews.

Sample questions
How did you feel about having MERs patients under your direct care?
How did your friends or family react when they heard about you working in the quarantine unit?
What do you vividly remember from those days? Any scenes, smells, sounds, etc?
What were the most difficult aspects of your work as a HCW during the outbreak?
How did you manage to cope with those difficulties?
Was there anything that helped you during those moments?
How did your knowledge about caring for patients and epidemic illness change?
Was there any systemic or governmental support that you found helpful?
Have you observed any changes in yourself having been through the outbreak?
As a HCW, do you feel that you have changed from having the MERs experience?
Were there any special moments, talks, encounters that you value from those times?