Table 1.

Participant demographics.

Name	Age	Gender	Time from pre-operative interview to date of surgery
Mr Bedford	73	Male	24 days
Mrs Burton	70	Female	21 days
Mr Day	74	Male	11 days
Mr Everett	66	Male	10 days
Mr Foreman	61	Male	12 days
Mr Golding	62	Male	1 day
Mr Granta	82	Male	N/A
Mrs Hardcastle	71	Female	9 days
Mr Higgs	71	Male	4 days
Mr Horton	73	Male	8 days
Mrs Kade	73	Female	13 days
Mrs King	53	Female	9 days
Mrs Lovell	69	Female	7 days
Mr McKenzie	66	Male	25 days
Mrs Noble	74	Female	9 days
Mrs O'Brian	65	Female	7 days
Mrs Quinn	69	Female	4 days
Mr Raynerb	79	Male	195 days
Mr Smith	75	Male	18 days
Mr Thomas	58	Male	16 days
Mr Upton	52	Male	14 days
Mrs Vickers	80	Female	3 days
Mrs Warburtonc	77	Female	N/A
Mrs Young	72	Female	2 days

^aDid not have surgery – felt ‘too old’ to undergo major surgery.

^bMedical circumstances precluded follow up interviews.

^cDid not have surgery – reasons unknown.