1. Background |
 • Welcome and thank participant |
 • Introduce interview topics |
2. Disease History |
 • How many years ago were you/ your relative diagnosed with schizophrenia? |
 • How long had you / your relative been ill prior to diagnosis |
 • PCs – how did you find out about your relatives treatment and care? |
 • How did you feel when you/your relative was diagnosed with schizophrenia? |
3. Impact on social life |
 a. How did your / your relatives disease impact on you / your life (social, working and economics)? |
 b. PCs – how much support have you had in caring for your relative |
4. Impact of education intervention? |
 a. Did you read the information booklets |
 b. If no – why didn’t you read the booklets |
 c. If yes – did you find them useful – has your knowledge level improved |
 d. If yes (PDwS) - do you feel that the increased knowledge of the disease has helped you manage your disease symptoms |
 e. If yes (PCs) - do you feel that the increased knowledge of the disease has helped you cope better with the burden of caring |
5. Information needs |
 a. What was the most useful component of the educational booklets |
 b. What was the least useful component |
 c. Are there any other aspects of the disease which you would have liked to have been included |
 d. How did you feel about the timing of the intervention with education booklets being made available every fortnight |
6. Format of education delivery |
 1. How did you feel about the use of booklets to deliver this knowledge? |
 a. Is there any other delivery format that would have been easier/better for you/your PC? |
7. Experience of study |
 1. Why did you take a part in this study? |
 2. What are you expectation when did you participate in this study? |
 3. Has taking part in this study altered your view about schizophrenia? Caring for relatives with schizophrenia? If so please explain? |
 4. Would you recommend this educational intervention to other patients/carers? Why? |