Table 1 Summary of interview topics
Topics for patient interviews | Topics for nurse interviews |
|---|---|
Trial information and recruitment processes • Experience of being told about the trial • Understandings of trial purpose and principles, e.g. randomisation • Views on participant information sheet • Other sources of information accessed about types of surgery/trial • Prior knowledge of and preferences for surgical methods Decision-making • Reasons for declining randomisation • Choice of surgery and reasons given • Influence of clinical team and others on decision-making • Reflection on choices made and decision-making process Experience of and attitudes towards medical research • Views on randomisaton as process of allocating treatment • Participation in previous and (potential) future research studies | Recruitment practices • Professional background and time on trial • Own and others’ duties and responsibilities with regard to the trial • Description and reflection on information giving process for trial/other options available to patients Patient responses • Recall of patient responses to trial information • Views on patients’ reasons for declining randomisation • Views on patients’ reasons for accepting randomisation • Reflection on differences between patients who accept/decline trial General reflections • Compare and contrast with recruitment experiences of other trials • Key challenges of this trial and suggestions for future trial design and conduct |