| Experience of prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment |
Experience of diagnosis and treatment planning (perceptions and any concerns), factual details of diagnosis, reasons for choosing AS, reasons for dropping out of AS, general facilitators and barriers whilst on AS |
| Patient factors |
Perceived risk, shared decision making, specific patient characteristics, lifestyle factors, side effects, preference |
| Cancer characteristics |
Understanding progression, stage, Gleason grade, PSA, tumour volume |
| Family and social support |
Awareness + acceptance, fear of progression, advice from family, friends and peer group |
| Provider |
Specialty of clinician, relationship with clinical team availability of expertise in active surveillance, clinician recommendation, Information and support |
| Health organisation |
Practice site, differences/changes in as strategy, multi-disciplinary clinic, formal shared decision-making |
| Health policy |
Guidelines, trial and cohort data, awareness and acceptance by medical community |
