Table 1 Guideline of the interview

Broad, open-ended question

● I would like you to tell me about the education you received about your illness in the hospital.

● How was the education, in your opinion?

Need-to-know

●Would you please let me know your opinion on the usefulness of the topics you received?

Learners’ self-concept

● What role did you play in this education? In which part did you participate? (For example, what role did you play in deciding to choose the time, place, educational materials, or method of education?)

● How could you ask your questions during education?

Learners’ prior experience

● Before starting the education, what aspects and characteristics of yourself or your illness were you asked about? What else did they ask about you?

● Would you please explain the understandability of the provided educational materials?

Readiness for learning

● Would you please explain your conditions and readiness to receive educations?

● How were the space, time, and place of education?

Orientation to learning

● How do you think these education sessions will help you, given your problem?

● How does it make your tasks easier?

Motivation for learning

● In these education sessions, what motivated you the most to apply or learn them? What made you take them seriously?

Additional questions

● How do you think education will be improved? If you wanted to teach yourself, how would you teach?

● Is there anything else you want to say?

● Do you have any suggestions?