Table 2. Topics and interview questions in the questioning route
1. How the GP addresses alcohol in the meeting with the patient
2. Experiences of using PEth as a part of the annual check-up and treatment of hypertension. Pros and cons? What was the rationale for starting to use PEth? Have you received education about PEth? How is it to interpret PEth? Does the use of PEth alter the number of patients you detect with hazardous alcohol use and the number of patients who receive further management?
3. How the dialogue is influenced when PEth is used. What happens when you communicate the test result to the patient? How does the patient react and how are they informed? What questions does the patient ask? Does the patient refuse to have PEth analysed?
4. Experiences and thoughts about PEth as a routine test. Pros and cons? Does the possibility of detecting hazardous use increase or decrease with PEth as a routine test?
5. Experiences of other methods to detect hazardous alcohol use compared with PEth?
6. What factors affect whether you offer support to the patient to reduce alcohol consumption?
  • PEth = phosphatidylethanol.