The interviews followed a short interview guide and
were informal and conversational in style. They contained themain question, ‘‘Can you please describe what happened when you became ill with MI?’’ Follow-up questions were asked to clarify and to encourage the participants to further develop the descriptions, especially about the feelings and thoughts they had during the onset. Questions were also asked about aspects that had facilitated or hindered their decision to seekmedical
care, as well as sociodemographics. Data collection and analysis continued in parallel until new interviews failed
to contribute to any newinterpretation, and saturation
was reached after 15 interviews. Notes of preliminary in-
terpretations or contextual information were made dur-
ing or very soon after the interviews. The interviews were
digitally recorded and lasted about 15 to 40 minutes.