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. 2022 Jul 14;29:10732748221114691. doi: 10.1177/10732748221114691

Table 1.

Interview Questions from Focus Groups and Interviews with Gynecologic Cancer Patients.

Topic Interview Guide Questions
Cancer care 1. After the hurricane, how was access to your cancer treatment affected? Did you have to seek medical care in other hospitals or clinics (in PR or outside of PR) since your doctor was not available? If so, was the treatment the same quality?
2. After the hurricane, did you receive information or help from your municipality, from FEMA, from the central or other government, to manage your health care? If so, what agency guided or helped you and how was your experience?
3. After the hurricane, was the treatment available at the time it was your turn to receive it? If it was not, were you notified that it was not available? How did they notify you? What reasons were given for it not to be available? How long was your treatment not available? And did they provide you with any solution to meet the need for your treatment?
4. After the hurricane, how was your cancer condition affected?
5. After the hurricane, how was your health treatment affected in your home?
6. After the hurricane, did you develop any condition or disease because your medical condition at that time was aggravated by the lack of necessary medical services?
7. Did you develop any condition or disease related to the hurricane?
Communication 8. After the hurricane, how did the clinics or organizations that give you cancer treatment keep in touch with you?
9. How did you stay informed of what was happening during the hurricane?
10. What was the source of communication that offered the most complete information, after the hurricane?
Family support 11. After the hurricane, how were relationships in your family affected? If your condition worsened, did any family member have to take care of you in terms of your health care?
12. If you have dependent minors, how were they affected in family relationships?
Social networks 13. After the hurricane, what kind of support in terms of helping your health, accommodation, money, food, among others, did you receive from your friends?
14. After the hurricane, how was the relationship between your friends affected?