Table 1 Discussion guide
From: Preterm children quality of life evaluation: a qualitative study to approach physicians’ perception
Main themes | Sub- themes | Associated questions | Questions of relaunching |
|---|---|---|---|
HRQoL* representation | Perception | What does the HRQoL concept evoke for each of you? | What do you think about HRQoL and well-being measurements? |
How do you perceive this notion? | How would you define HRQoL as a concept? | ||
What do you consider the important dimensions? | |||
What is the time of relevance of such a concept? | |||
Knowledge | What knowledge do you have of its application in the field of health? | Do you know of tools for the evaluation of HRQoL? | |
Do you think they are relevant? Which one? Why? | |||
Experience | What experience do you have with it in your practice? | Have you ever participated in a study of HRQoL? | |
Have you already used a HRQoL questionnaire in your practice? Why? How? | |||
Do you assess the HRQoL of your patients? How? Why? | |||
Expectations in daily practice of such a concept in extremely preterm children | Interests | What is your interest in the HRQoL concept? | What is the utility of its evaluation in your specific practice? |
What are the interests of the medical community towards such data? | |||
How could HRQoL evaluation change the way your practice for your patients? | |||
Limitations | What are the limitations of this concept and its evaluation? | Do you think that a standardised evaluation could potentially damage your intuitive evaluation of the well-being of your patients? | |
HRQoL evaluation | HRQoL evaluation in daily practice | Do you think every patient should be evaluated? | How could HRQoL assessment become a tool integrated into the care of preterm children in your daily practice? |
How could you use HRQoL evaluation in daily practice? | |||
When do you think it would be important to make this evaluation? | What effects and consequences could its evaluation have in your relationship with your patients? | ||
Who should assess HRQoL? | What would you make of a “bad” HRQoL evaluation? | ||
Questions about the tool | What would be an ideal questionnaire? | What do you think of the existing questionnaires? | |
How would you envision a standardized evaluation: number of questions, duration, kind of notation? | |||
What are the important dimensions of HRQoL to estimate? |