Table 3 Focus group interview guidebook
What are the characteristics of patients with persistent MUS? | - Regarding patient characteristics? |
| Â | - Regarding symptom characteristics? |
| Â | - Do you have problems to recognize these patients? |
How do you call patients with persistent MUS? | - Which terms do you use to characterize these patients? |
| Â | - Which terms do you tell to your patients? |
What's the aetiology of persistent MUS? | - What is the nature of these symptoms? |
| Â | - When do patients experience these symptoms? |
| Â | - Why do these symptoms persist for such a long time? |
Do you explain the diagnosis persistent MUS to your patients? | - Do you think explanation is important in consultations with these patients? |
| Â | -How do you explain the diagnosis persistent MUS to the patient? |
| Â | -Which specific words do you use during explanation of the symptoms? |
How do you manage patients with persistent MUS? | -How do you deliver health care to them? |
| Â | -What do you do with requests for additional research? |
| Â | -Which problems do you face in the management of these patients? |
| Â | -How do you manage diagnostic uncertainty? |
| Â | - Do you feel capable to manage these patients? |
How do you describe the doctor-patient relationship with those patients? | -Is the doctor-patient relationship important, and why? |
| Â | -Do you experience problems in the doctor-patient relationship? |
How do you experience the MUS consultations? | - Which problems do you face during the MUS consultation? |