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. 2021 Jun 1;11(6):e042266. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042266

Table 1.

Topic guides for interviews and focus groups

Qualitative interviews with patients Focus groups with professionals
Electronic monitoring in SPHC
  • General effects of filling in eIPOS (for example, reflecting of own current situation)

  • Frequency of eIPOS use (for example, daily, 2–3 times a week, etc)

  • Support in the identification of current unknown symptoms

  • Ways of implementing results of eIPOS in current SPHC

Barriers and facilitators
  • Technical challenges

  • Motoric issues due to underlying disease

  • Design of eIPOS

  • Presentation of patient-reported data

  • Identification of eligible patients

  • Technical challenges

eIPOS, electronic Integrated Palliative care Outcome Scale; SPHC, specialised palliative home care.