In-depth interviews
Participants were offered to conduct the interview over the phone or face to face. Each session took between half an hour to one hour, utilizing a semi-structured questionnaire, so open and semi-structured questions were used in the interviews. Face to face interviews were conducted in private rooms to avoid any interruptions or distractions and to make participants comfortable. All interviews were conducted in Arabic to ensure participants’ understanding of interview questions and expressing themselves in their native language. All interviews were audio-recorded and later transcribed.
The interview questions were developed after reviewing pervious literature 12,13,18,19, followed by rounds of reviews and discussions by all authors. The interviews started with questions to elicit socio-demographic information and history of illness followed to a set of questions that explored: 1) HIV patients’ compliance to medication therapy, 2) HIV patients’ perception and needs of patient care provided to them.