178 Chapter 6 in consultation structure. In addition, the interview guide contained prompt for potential follow-up questions that could be used to enrich the interview. The interview guide was developed specifically for this study and was not pilot tested before use. The complete interview guide can be found in the Supporting Information. All interviews were conducted by three (one male, two female) medical students under the supervision of two researchers. The medical students were instructed on the qualitative methodology and had no prior knowledge of the patients’ medical history or of the interventions implemented at the HIV outpatient clinic. Each interview was conducted one-on-one, by telephone in a private setting. Before the start of the interview, the interviewer introduced themselves as a medical student, once more explained the goal and purpose of the study, asked permission for audio-recording and confirmed informed consent verbally. Data analysis All interviews were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim by the medical students. An initial codebook with pre-developed coding categories and subcategories was developed based on the research questions and topics covered in the interview guide. After the initial coding, the codebook was refined and expended with new codes that emerged during the coding process. Two researchers coded the transcripts in Microsoft Word and discussed potential discrepancies until consensus was reached. The interviews were analyzed using a thematic analysis approach in which codes related to the same intervention were explored, combined and given meaning. RESULTS Participants Thirty patients participated in the study. All interviews were conducted between April 11th and June 24th, 2022 and lasted between 7 to 23 minutes (mean 12 minutes). Most of the participants were male (73%) and originally from the Netherlands (73%). All participants visited an ID specialist and a nurse consultant/practitioner one week before their inclusion in the study, and 83% of the participants completed the generic quality of life questionnaire before their visit (Table 1).
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