Table 1 Overview of the Interview guide
From: The psychosocial impact of male infertility on men undergoing ICSI treatment: a qualitative study
Main topic/subtopic | English question |
|---|---|
Introduction | How are you doing? |
Diagnosis | How did you experience the moment you heard that you have fertility problems? |
Treatment | How did you experience the treatments you received for the fertility problems? At what point did you start thinking about treatment options? What treatments did you undergo? How did you experience the care during the treatments? |
Psychologically | What was your state of mind when you were told that you have fertility problems? And how was this during the treatment? |
 Emotions | What emotions played a role during the diagnosis/treatment? |
 Behaviour | How did you behave during this period? Has it changed? |
 Identity | How did the diagnosis affect you as a person? |
 Life purposes | Did it make you look differently at things in the world? If so, can you give an example? |
Social | How did you experience contact with others during the period when you were told that you had fertility problems? And how was it during the treatment? |
 Work | How was work during this period? |
 Social activities | How did you deal with social activities during this period? |
 Relations | Do you talk to others about the fertility problems? Why or why not? How do they react? How do you feel when people ask about your situation? |
 (Sexual) relation with partner | How did you experience the relationship with your partner during this period? When/how did you support each other? What were difficult moments? How was your intimate/sex life during this period? |
 Society/stigmatization | How do you think society views male fertility problems? How do you experience that? |
 Marginalization | How do you feel in relation to men of your age who do not have fertility problems? |
Coping | How did you deal with the situation? What helped you? What did not? How do you get support or strength? |
Concluding remarks | Are there other things that have not been covered that you would like to share? I would like to thank you for your participation |