Procedure
PLAQUE
The competing demands of being flexible, yet systematic enough to ask similar questions, were met with a standardised interview guide with open-ended questions and semi-structured interviews. Research nurses selected participants who met the inclusion criteria. After having received their second ultrasound result letter by post, participants were invited by E.A. to a telephone interview. Informants were recruited continuously between October 2018 and March 2019, as closely as possible in timeframe after they had received their letter, and (applicable for individuals with plaque) before any follow-up call with a nurse took place. Two persons declined to participate, who did not seem to deviate from the included informants regarding health status.E.A. conducted 19 interviews. The first round included 17 interviews, each lasting 30–90 min, all were digitally recorded and transcribed verbatim.Three informants were excluded after the first round; one informant due to not meeting the inclusion criteria, two due to another diagnosis being more relevant to them to discuss. One informant had strongly contrasting views and reactions (e.g. that the ultrasound result did not reflect personal risk), and was therefore used in the analysis as a 