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Table 1 The semi-structured interview guide

From: Men’s perception of information and psychological distress in the diagnostic phase of prostate cancer: a comparative mixed methods study

Regarding contact with the general practitioner (GP)

 What caused you to contact your GP?

 What information did you receive from your GP about the tests and blood tests that were performed?

 What information did you get from your GP if examinations were performed?

 What information did you get from your GP about how examinations would be performed?

 What information did you get from the GP of what would happen in the future?

 What information did you get from your GP about your consultation at the urological outpatient clinic?

 What information did you miss from your GP?

Regarding contact with the urological outpatient clinic

 What information about your health condition have you received from a doctor/nurse at the urological outpatient clinic?

 What information did you receive on examinations and blood samples that have been performed, possibly scheduled for you?

 What information did you receive about examinations performed/possibly planned for you?

 What information did you receive about what should happen in the future?

 What information did you miss from the doctor/nurses at the urological outpatient clinic?

Experienced anxiety and worries during the diagnostic phase of prostate cancer

 Why did you get a PSAa/Stockholm3 test?

 How did you experience the time until you received the result of the PSA/Stockholm3 blood test?

 How did you experience the time until the scheduled biopsy at the urological outpatient clinic?

 How did you experience the time until you received the biopsy result?

 What emotions arise when you think about prostate cancer?

 What do you think of the future?

  1. aPSA Prostate-specific antigen