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Table 1 Follow-up interview questions

From: Bereaved parents’ experiences of research participation

1. How did you feel in the hours and days after your interview?

2. Could you tell me a little bit about why you preferred to do the interview at home/over the phone/at the university?

3. When we first contacted you about this study, it had been xx months/years since [insert child’s name] had died. Did you feel this was appropriate, or would there have been a better timeframe for us to contact you?

4. You were initially contacted through a letter from the research team/a letter from the hospital/your bereavement social worker. How did you find this process?

5. Was there anything about the letter that you received that you liked or didn’t like?

6. How did you find participating in this research study overall?