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Box 1 Preliminary interview guide

From: Falling and rising in the vortex of cancer: children’s adaptation with cancer: a qualitative study

Interview Guide

Question for Physiological Mode: “How has your physical condition changed since you became ill? What changes has your body made since then?”

Question Self-concept Mode: “How did you feel about yourself since you got sick? What did you like about yourself? What did you not like about yourself? How about now?”

Question Role function Mode: “How did your illness affect the things you used to do (for example, going to school, playing games, things you did at home)? What about now? What things did you do that you did not do before? What things did you do that helped you?” “What did you do that did not help you?”

Question Interdependence Mode: “Has your illness affected your relationship with family/friends/nurse/doctor or others? How now? Who helped you? For example, what to do? Who did not help you? For example, what to do?”