| Good morning, my name is Mariana Seoane. As I mentioned before, I am conducting a study on how oral health is perceived by people and how it impacts on their lives. |
| The most important thing in this study is to know what you think, so feel free to share and comment on your answers. After completing the interview, you may decide not to use it in this research. |
| Any information you wish to obtain about this research can be requested by calling me at 24873048 ext. 169 on Mondays and Fridays from 2:00 to 6:00 pm. The results of the interviews I conduct may be used in this or other subsequent investigations. |
| I will now ask you a series of questions to start a pleasant conversation. |
| I would also like to remind you that everything we discuss is confidential and at no time will your identity be revealed in the different phases of the dissemination of the results of this study. Thank you for your willingness to participate in this project. While I will begin by asking a few questions, you may feel free to make other contributions or considerations not mentioned by me. |
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Phase 1 of the research
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| Do you like where you live? How do you feel at home and in your neighborhood? What activities do you usually do with your family or friends? |
| What do you do on a typical day? In addition to the activities that you are obligated to do, do you perform other activities? Which ones? |
| How would you say you feel about the activities you do on a daily basis? Why? |
| What things make you feel good? At what time of the day do you feel good, comfortable, happy? What makes you feel bad, sad? |
| Do you experience moments during the day when you feel pleasure? Which ones? |
| Do you take time to rest? |
| What is your favorite time of the day? Why? |
| Does this happen all the time? Since when? |
| What things give you satisfaction, why, and what things make you feel unsatisfied? |
| How do you feel physically? |
| How do you feel personally, emotionally (psychologically)? |
| Do you hang out with friends, and meet with family? |
| What would you say your life is like? |
| Does it make sense to talk about QoL? What is it? Do you have an idea; what image do you have of QoL? What do you imagine when someone says Quality of Life? |
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Phase 2 of the research
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| Do you usually think or have you thought about your mouth? At what times, why? |
| How do you consider your mouth to be? Why? |
| If you had to rate your oral health on a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate it? Why? How does your oral condition make you feel? |
| How important is your mouth in your life? How does it affect your well-being? Are there times of the day when you feel that your mouth brings you satisfaction? What are those feelings? |
| How does your oral health condition influence the way you feel? Does your mouth bring you satisfaction, well-being, happiness? Why? In what way? When? How? Can you give me examples? And with husband/wife/partner, how does your mouth influence your personal relationships, your sexual relationships? |
| How confident do you feel with your mouth? |
| Does your mouth provoke negative feelings? At what times? Can you give me examples? |
| What situations in your life improve or make you feel better because of the health of your mouth? When do you feel that your oral health makes you happy? |
| In what situations does your mouth generate sadness or discomfort? Do you find situations in your life in which your oral condition is harmful to you? Which ones? |
| How does your oral condition affect your relationship with others? Do you feel you can socialize or communicate as you would like to? In what way? How do you feel about it? |
| What things can you do because of your oral condition? |
| Do you feel your oral condition limits you in any way? In what way? What is your physical image of your mouth? Do you feel confident? What limits you? What allows you? |
| How do you feel about your oral condition? |
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* Modified from Pryor et al. (2009) and adapted to this research.
