Table 2.

Interview questions and patient experience rating scales.

Interview questions
Please tell me about your overall experience.
Please describe your emotions and thoughts as best as you can remember.
Do you remember any loss of functioning during the procedure?
Do you remember the motor mapping? What was that experience like for you?
What was the most stressful or uncomfortable aspect of the procedure?
Was anything helpful/beneficial in alleviating that stress or discomfort?
Did you experience any pain during the procedure?
Was it addressed?
Did you experience any anxiety during the procedure?
Was anything helpful/beneficial in alleviating or easing the anxiety?
Can you speak of your sense of agency/empowerment during procedure?
Was there anything that fostered this sense of agency?
Was there anything that may have diminished this sense of agency?
Did you use any of the stress management strategies we discussed before the procedure?
Did you find them helpful/unhelpful?
If you had to do this again, would you rather an awake craniotomy or an asleep craniotomy?
Is there anything else you would like to share about this procedure?
Patient experience rating scales (all ratings on a scale of 0 to 10)
Please rate the pre-operative preparation provided.
Please rate your overall pain during the procedure.
Please rate your overall anxiety during the procedure.
Please rate your overall distress/discomfort during the procedure.
Please rate how disturbing the noise was to your experience.
Please rate your overall sense of agency/empowerment during procedure.
Please rate how satisfied you were with the anaesthetic management.
Please rate your overall satisfaction with the procedure.