Table 2.
Prosthesis user interview guide and prosthetist focus group guide, with example probes.
| Prosthetist questions a | Prosthesis user questions a |
| Example probesa | Example probesa |
| Please describe your professional experience and your role in the clinic | Tell me about your amputation and how you started working with your prosthetist |
| Years of experience | Reason for amputation |
| How are goals determined with new patients for using a prosthesis? | What were/are your goals for using a prosthesis? |
| How do you discuss goals with your patients? | How did you discuss your goals with your prosthetist? |
| How do goals relate to prosthesis design? | How did your prosthesis design relate to your goals? |
| What are your expectations for patients? | What were your expectations for your prosthesis? |
| How do you discuss your expectations with your patients? | How did you discuss your expectations with your prosthetist? |
| Describe how you involve patients in the prosthesis designb process? | How were prosthesis designb decisions made with your prosthetist? |
| How are prosthesis design decisions made for a first prosthesis? | What decisions needed to be made about the design of your first prosthesis? |
| What information do you present? | What did you know about prosthetics? |
| What information do you need/want? | What information did you need/want? |
| What prosthesis design options do you present? | What prosthesis design options were presented? |
| How do you discuss pros and cons of prosthesis design options? | How did you and your prosthetist discuss the pros and cons of those options? |
| What is important to you for considering prosthesis designb options? | What’s important to you when making decisions about your prosthesis? |
| How do you discuss this with your patients? | How do you discuss this with your prosthetist? |
| How do you determine what is important to patients for prosthesis design? | How did you determine the best options for you with your provider? |
| What uncertainties do you have about prosthesis designb decisions? | What uncertainties do/did you have when it comes to your first prosthesis designb decisions? |
| What would be helpful for discussing options with new patients? | |
| What would be helpful for communicating with your patient about prosthesis designb decisions? | What would be helpful for discussing prosthesis options with your prosthetist? |
| What would be helpful for communicating with your prosthetist about prosthesis designb decisions? |
a
Semi structured interviews are designed to inquire about target topics, but allow flexibility in question phrasing and probes.
b
Within interviews, prosthesis design was defined as the selecting parts that made up an entire prosthesis, including the suspension, interface, socket, and distal components (e.g. feet, knees).