Table 3.
Survey structure and example questions
| Section | Example questions | Question type |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Consent | • Do you consent to taking part in this survey? | • Multiple choicea |
| 2. About you | • No. of years working with people affected by breast cancer? • How many breast care nurses work on your team? • Approx. what proportion of your role is spent in the following areas? |
• Multiple choice • Multiple choice • Scaleb |
| 3. About the patients you meet with breast cancer | • What psychological care interventions do you provide to patients with breast cancer? | • Multiple choice |
| FoR definition provided | ||
| • In your opinion, what proportion of your patients experience FoR at a moderate level? At a severe level? | • Multiple choice | |
| 4. About the work you do | • Approx. what proportion of patients do you discuss FoR with? • How is the issue of FoR generally raised? (I always raise a discussion on FoR vs. I only discuss FoR if the patient raises it) • In your experience, what factors trigger FoR in a breast cancer patient? • What barriers do you encounter using assessment tools in clinical practice? |
• Multiple choice • Scale • Freetextc • Freetext |
| 4. About the support within your team | • What kind of formal support do you receive to fulfil your role? • How would you rate the support you get from your team when helping patients deal with psychological issues? (Extremely supportive vs. Not at all supportive) • How would you rate the formal support you receive to fulfil your role? |
• Multiple answerd
• Scale • Scale |
| 5. About your preferred support | • Have you received training to deal specifically with the area of FoR? | • Multiple choice |
| Brief explanation of the Mini-AFTER intervention provided | ||
| • If you were offered a one-day training course to implement the Mini-AFTER intervention, would you accept it? | • Multiple choice | |
| 6. About other support services you use | • If you identify a patient with moderate FoR, which of the following services do you refer them to? With severe FoR? • How do you decide which service to refer your patient to when they have FoR? |
• Multiple answer • Freetext |
| 7. Follow-up | Explanation of Phase 2 of the study provided | |
| • Would you be willing to take part in a telephone interview? • Would you be interested in delivering the Mini-AFTER intervention in a future study? |
• Multiple choice • Multiple choice |
aMultiple choice questions allow respondents to pick just one answer from a list of pre-defined answers
bScale questions ask respondents whether they agree or disagree with a number of statements, to rate items on a scale, or to rank items in order of importance
cFreetext questions allow respondents to type their answers in their own words
dMultiple answer questions allow respondents to pick more than one answer from a list of pre-defined answers