Table 7.

Recorded recruitment conversation characteristics

Number of recorded recruitment conversations	n = 61
Duration (range)	11.5 min (3 min–1 h 29 min)
Gender of patient participants	15 women, 46 men
Face-to-face consultations in clinic	n = 57
Telephone conversations	n = 4
Profession/role of recruiter(s) conducting recruitment conversation
Surgeon	n = 23
Research nurse or research assistant/technician	n = 15
Surgical registrar	n = 3
More than one member of research team working together (e.g. surgeon, consultant physician + research nurse or registrar + research nurse or surgeon + registrar)	n = 20
Number of recordings for each trial site
Site 1	n = 24
Site 2	n = 0
Site 3	n = 20
Site 4	n = 15
Site 5	n = 2