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Table 1 Interview guides

From: The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire is a usable way to address mental health at well-child visits in general practice - a qualitative study of feasibility

Interview with General Practitioners (GP)

- How many years have you been working as a GP?

- Did you know the family/the child already?

- What is your perception of talking about preschool children’s mental health at the well-child visits up to now?

- Did you find the questionnaire easy to use?

- How do you think the questionnaire affects the time spent on assessing the child’s psycho-social health?

- How did you and the parent use the questionnaire in your conversation?

- Did you experience that the SDQ affected the contents of the well-child visits?

- Do you think that completing a questionnaire from home affects the parents’ approach to the well-child visits?

- What would you think if a questionnaire like this was to be implemented in the well-child visits?

Interview with parents

- Did you find the questionnaire easy to complete?

- Completing the questionnaire, did it bring anything to mind or did it change how you think (Name) is doing?

- How did you and the doctor use the questionnaire in your conversation?

- Do you think that completing the questionnaire at home influenced the conversation with the doctor?