Interview guide to explore adolescents’ experiences of being diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
| Interview theme | Example of questions |
| Before the diagnosis | Can you tell me about an ordinary day before you received your ADHD diagnosis? How was it in school, at home, with your friends? |
| What did you know about ADHD before you were diagnosed? | |
| Assessment phase | How come you were assessed? |
| Who initiated the assessment? | |
| Tell me about the assessment, how was it for you? | |
| Receiving the diagnosis | How was it for you to receive the diagnosis? What did you feel? What did you think? |
| Did you have concerns about the future, about what the diagnosis would mean? Do you have concerns about the future now? | |
| Did the diagnosis affect you in any way? | |
| Who did you tell about being diagnosed? | |
| What would you like to tell professionals who assess and diagnose children, what should they think about more? | |
| Life after the diagnosis | How is your life today: with your family, friends, school? Has the diagnosis made any difference for you? |
| What does the diagnosis mean to you? | |
| Anything you want to add to the interview? |