Procedure
Twenty-two women with asthma who had had a
pregnancy within the last two years were invited to
participate. Seven women were interviewed when data
saturation was achieved. Data collection took place between
March 2012 and September 2012. The interviews lasted
approximately one hour, but were not artificially truncated or
prolonged past the point at which an interviewee was ready
to finish. The interviews were semi-structured using a
schedule of areas to be addressed (see Table 1) but focused
on the concerns of the interviewee to guide the order and
length of discussions and the introduction of additional
topics. With the women’s permission the interviews were
tape-recorded, and the recordings transcribed verbatim
except that names and identifying features were omitted to
preserve anonymity.