Clinical Gaze in Risk-Factor Haze: Swedish GPs’ Perceptions of Prescribing Cardiovascular Preventive Drugs

Table 2

Interview checklist.

Opening questions
How do you do when you prescribe a new medication for continuous use?
Can you recall a recent case when you prescribed medication to prevent cardiovascular disease?
Areas for further probing
Descriptions of routine, rules of thumb, phrasing, information about drugs.
Specifics of preventive treatment: the concept of risk, life long treatment.
Consideration of patients’ responses, attitudes, adherence.