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Table 1 Summary of interview topic guide

From: Views of healthcare professionals on recruiting to a psychosocial randomised controlled trial: a qualitative study

1. Describe your role in the oncology clinics.

• Describe your current role? How did you come to be in this role? How do you feel about your role?

2. Have you been involved in any type of research in your role?

• Type of methodology? Duration? Personal research or study?

3. I would like to ask you a little bit now on your views on trials that are not of medicinal products.

• How often do you participate these? To what extent do you feel these are part of your remit?

4. I would like to ask you more specific questions now about your views on the CanTalk trial itself.

• What do you know about the CanTalk study? Views on the research being carried out by the university? Views on comparison of active treatment with usual care?

5. Now I will ask you questions about your participation in the CanTalk trial.

• How do your feelings about research influence involvement? How do your patient’s experiences of participation affect involvement? What factors may influence recruitment?

6. I would like to ask you now to tell me about any patient feedback you have had about CanTalk.

• Have any of your patients mentioned the trial? How do you feel the trial affected them?

7. Lastly I would like to ask you about your opinions on psychological research studies. Would you participate in this type of research in the future?

• Why do you say this? What might make you invest more in these types of trials?

8. Overall what did you think about the CanTalk study and do you have any suggestions for improvements to studies like these in the future?