The nurses were encouraged to probe for clarification if the initial responses from the FSW participants were ambiguous.
2) What do you think would happen if you did not perform compulsion(s)? 3) Do you believe that something would really happen?" Lewin et al. also state, "The clinician was instructed to probe for clarification or additional details.
In non-directive interviews, the interviewer is a catalyst who only guides the subject on pre-set investigation themes by probing for clarification, reformulating or reflecting his/her understanding of what the patient has said [ 18].
Therefore, we not only asked patients to think aloud while answering the QoL items, but additionally probed them for clarification or during pauses in which they did not think aloud to capture patients' cognitive processes as comprehensively as possible.
During all the interviews, probing questions for clarification – e.g. "Can you tell me a bit more?
They probed for weak positions.
This means that team members not involved in the interviews were able to probe for further insights, suggest means of gaining additional clarification, recommend next steps, and challenge the interviewers by suggesting alternatives for tentative initial findings.
Probing for completeness.
Probes were used for clarification of some questions, and at times some extra questions have been added in for some respondents depending on their answers for the prepared list of questions.
To that end, leaders ask open ended questions, and promote discussion by using probes such as asking for clarification, requesting explanations, and encouraging cross-talk between group members.
