Table 1. Responses to questions of the composite delivered information index^*.

Questions	Yes Number (%)	No Number (%)
Answers
Are you aware of your problem and diagnosis?	77 (100)	0
Are you aware of why you are having this operation?	77 (100)	0
Were you informed about the duration of your hospital stay?	58 (75.3)	19 (24.7)
Did you feel that the inconveniences and potential risks of the operation were explained?	57 (74)	20 (26)
Were the risks explained in case you decided against the operation?	59 (76.6)	18 (23.4)
Were the potential benefits of the operation explained?	68 (88.3)	9 (11.7)
Were post-operative issues (such as complications) discussed?	55 (71.4)	22 (28.6)
Where you informed about the duration of your treatment?	54 (70.1)	29.9 (29.9)
Did you receive too much information?	52 (32.5)	25 (67.5)
Were you satisfied with the amount of the information you received?	64 (83.1)	13 (16.9)

^* Appendix S1 part 1 questions 1–2, 4–11.