Table 2 Interview topics guides
From: Is chronic pelvic pain a comfortable diagnosis for primary care practitioners: a qualitative study
| GP Interview Topic Guide | Practice Nurse Interview Topic Guide: As for GPs with additional case scenario |
|---|---|
| • What do you understand by the term chronic pelvic pain (CPP)? | Case Scenario: |
| • What do you think causes women to have CPP? | What happens if a woman has had several investigations, seen the GP on a number of occasions, been referred to a gynaecologist and has had a laparoscopy, which was negative, and then she presents to you saying: "They haven't found anything wrong, but I've still got the pain?" |
| Symptoms/Pathology | |
| • What has been your experience of women with CPP? | |
| • What would be your management of women with CPP? | Prompts |
| Diagnosis/Referral/Negative Findings | • If she wants an explanation for her symptoms where would she go? |
| • What sort of intervention(s) are there in Primary Care for this patient group? | • How would you explain her negative results to her? |
| Own practice/psychological support/Information provision/Other services/Role of practice nurse/Self management | • Would you see this woman again? |