| RCT1 | RCT2 |
---|---|---|
Context | Elective procedure, not life-threatening | Life-threatening cancer |
Specialties | Surgery | Surgery and oncology |
Treatment groups | Standard surgery versus minimally invasive procedure | Chemotherapy plus either surgery or radiotherapy |
Centres for qualitative research | 1 | 3 |
Clinicians who provided audio-recordings | 3 surgeons; 1 research nurse | Centre 1: 4 surgeons, 2 oncologists |
Centre 2: 1 surgeon, 2 oncologists | ||
Centre 3: none | ||
Recruitment process | Treatment options and recruitment discussion by surgeon, in the same appointment as history-taking, diagnosis and examination. Sometimes follow-up by nurse | Dedicated appointments for treatment options and recruitment discussion. Separate appointments with surgeon and with oncologist |
Number of consultation audio-recordings obtained | 13 with surgeons | Total: 26 pairs |
8 with research nurse | (Centre 1: 19 pairs, Centre 2: 7 pairs, Centre 3: none) | |
Q-QAT applied to | 13 surgeon appointments | Total: 11 pairs |
(Centre 1: 7 pairs, Centre 2: 4 pairs) | ||
Number of interviews | 5 patient interviews | 18 interviews with 16 patients |
Unrecorded discussions with CI | (Centre 1: 9, Centre 2: 3, Centre 3: 4) | |
20 staff interviews | ||
(Centre 1: 10, Centre 2: 4, Centre 3: 6) | ||
Unrecorded discussions with CI |