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Table 1 Semi-structured interview guide

From: A new grounded theory model of sexual adjustment to HIV: facilitators of sexual adjustment and recommendations for clinical practice

Order of questions asked

1. Would you tell me about the time in your life when you first found out you had HIV?

2. What did (or has) treatment for HIV involve(d) for you?

3. How do you feel, generally speaking, at this time? [For questions 4–7 – prompt for type of sexual behaviour, practices and satisfaction, whether this changed or stayed the same over time, reasons for changes or staying the same]

4. How would you describe your sexual life before you were diagnosed?

5. How would you describe your sexual life just after you were diagnosed?

6. [If applies] how would you describe your sexual life when you started having treatment?

7. [If different from above] how would you describe your sexual life in the past 4 weeks?

8. Has living with HIV influenced your romantic or sexual relationship/s? If so, tell me more about that.

9. Has the way you interact with current, past or potential sexual partners changed or stayed the same since being diagnosed? If so, how? Tell me more about that.

10. How do you feel about the way that your treatment team have addressed sexuality in the context of HIV?