Table 2.
Quotes from the interviews.
| Quote no. | Patient | Topic | Quote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Need for information – experience | Last time I had no pain or sore throat … No I don't have this. |
| 2 | 5 | Need for information – trust in health care | I'm in good hands, you will do your best. I'll get anaesthesia and afterwards I wake up. |
| 3 | 2 | Information provisioning – severe complications | It's the same as reading a package leaflet, you already get sick just by reading it. So I just don't do it. |
| 4 | 15 | Information provisioning – severe complications | I have seen this [awareness] in a movie once, so you don't want this to happen to you. |
| 5 | 2 | Need for information – unexperienced | I have heard this 10 times before. The first time I read everything and asked questions. |
| 6 | 16 | Information provisioning – severe complications | My brother-in-law had complications, so I want to know what can go wrong even if it [the risk] is 1:100. |
| 7 | 6 | Information provisioning – severe complications – weighing information | These are just complications that can happen, but … crossing the street, there is also a change you get hit by a bus … |
| 8 | 19 | Informed consent – no choice | When I want to undergo that surgical procedure, I need to have the anaesthesia. So do I have a choice? Not really. |
| 9 | 7 | Informed consent – influence of severe complication | I just want that surgery, so I just have to accept the consequences. |
| 10 | 8 | Informed consent – consent surgery includes consent anaesthesia | To my opinion, it actually belongs together |
| 11 | 18 | Informed consent – unimportance anaesthesia | Consultation with the surgeon: yes. [Consultation with an] anaesthesiologist? I would fill it in [online] right away. No need to come to the hospital. |
| 12 | 7 | Informed consent – no need because of good health | No, for me there is no special indication to speak an anaesthesiologist. Everything is normal. |
| 13 | 8 | e-Consent vs anaesthesiologist – ‘undefined feeling’ | It's about your health and you get general anaesthesia, I must have the feeling I'm safe. |
| 14 | 4 | e-Consent vs anaesthesiologist – personal contact | You can look into someone's eyes. |
| 15 | 4 | e-Consent vs anaesthesiologist – personal contact | It's about your life and that's important enough for me to have a personal consultation. |
| 16 | 13 | e-Consent vs anaesthesiologist – anxiety and asking questions | Personal contact …, perhaps relieves anxiety, you can ask extra questions. Perhaps you can be comforted. |
| 17 | 3 | e-Consent vs anaesthesiologist – medical safety | It would be strange to give informed consent … without physical examination. |
| 18 | 20 | e-Consent vs anaesthesiologist – high-risk surgery | I think that with heart surgery [the risk] is higher, so it would be great to speak to a physician to obtain more insight about [the risk] really being okay. |
| 19 | 5 | e-Consent vs anaesthesiologist – time saving | You are at home and can take your time reading. With extra [mouse] clicks you get extra information before you give an answer. |
| 20 | 15 | e-Consent vs anaesthesiologist – information provisioning | You have the choice: do I want more information or not. |
| 21 | 13 | e-Consent vs anaesthesiologist – information provisioning | [People] who choose digital are like: ‘I'll just see what'll happen’ or just don't want to give it to much attention. |