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Table 1 Core topics in the interview guide

From: Patients’ views on usefulness and effects of a risk communication tool for cardiovascular disease: a qualitative analysis

Topics

Example of introduction

Overall impression of the trial

Would you try to describe your experience of participating in the trial?

User-friendliness of the IT setup

How has it been to use the questionnaires and the biweekly emails?

Thoughts of Your Heart Forecast

What do you think of the information you got when using the program Your Heart Forecast?

Thoughts of biweekly emails

What do you think of the information you got through the biweekly emails?

How patients experienced the staff

How did you experience the doctors and nurses who participated in the study, using the program Your Heart Forecast and its figures?

Use of Your Heart Forecast from home and discussion with relatives

How did you experience being able to access your risk profile from home and together with your relatives?

Concerns

How did it affect you, that we created an increased attention/awareness of your risk of illness?