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Table 1 Examples of semi-structured interview questions

From: How the perspectives of nursing assistants and frail elderly residents on their daily interaction in nursing homes affect their interaction: a qualitative study

Opening question

 

How do you perceive the daily interactions between you and the nurse assistants / residents in the nursing home?

Probing questions

1

In what situations do you usually interact with each other?

2

In what situations do you both usually interact with each other?

3

How do you describe the relationship between you and the residents / nurse assistants?

4

How do you perceive the interaction that you have just shared?

5

How did you feel about the interaction that you have just shared?

6

Are there any special reasons to do this to residents / nurse assistants?

7

What meaning was there in what the residents / nurse assistants did for you?