Table 2

Interview questions

Focus areaQuestion
Health systemThinking about your medical treatment, what changes do you feel would make medical services better meet the needs of men with advanced prostate cancer?
Supportive care needsThinking about the treatment side effects that a man with advanced prostate cancer might experience, what sort of support would help most?
Thinking about the future and the worries that face a man with prostate cancer that has advanced or recurred, what sort of support would help most?
BarriersIn developing services to help men cope or manage better with advanced prostate cancer, can you describe support approaches or ways of helping that would not be acceptable to men? For example, supportive approaches that would turn men off or away?
Preferred approachesIn developing services to help men cope or manage better with advanced prostate cancer, can you describe support approaches or ways of helping that would be more attractive to men?
OtherThinking about what we have spoken about today, is there anything else we haven’t covered that you think is important to supporting men with advanced prostate cancer?