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* 1. What is the name of your centre?
If you know your country and centre code, enter it here as well (e.g. 049-001)

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* 2. How did you hear about the POSE study initially?

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* 3. The following factors may have influenced your decision to participate in the POSE study. Please indicate to what extent you agree or disagree for each factor.

  Strongly disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly agree
Clinical interest in anaesthesia for the older adult
Research interest in anaesthesia for the older adult
Importance of the study objective
Good study design
Absence of minimum patient number requirement
Short recruitment window
Ability of participants to choose their own recruitment window
Co-author recognition policy
Collaborator recognition policy
Ease of use of measurement tools and clinical research form
Short duration of follow up

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* 4. Did you register your centre with POSE and subsequently not recruit any patients to the trial?

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* 5. If you answered 'yes' to question 3, which of the following reasons best describe why you did not recruit patients?

  Strongly disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly agree
Lack of time
Lack of funding
Difficulties obtaining ethics committee approval
No research personnel available
Concerns about study protocol
Concerns about study management
No suitable patients for recruitment

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* 6. Please estimate the average duration of each of the visits with the study subjects.

  0-15 minutes 15-30 minutes 30-45 minutes 45-60 minutes
Visit 1: Baseline pre-intervention
Visit 2: Intervention
Visit 3: Follow-up day 30 in hospital
Visit 3: Follow-up day 30 telephone 

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* 7. With regard to study execution, please rate each of the following statements according to your level of agreement or disagreement

  Strongly disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly agree
The POSE website was a useful resource
The study design was clearly explained
Inclusion and exclusion criteria were appropriate
Inclusion and exclusion criteria were clearly explained
The registration process was straightforward
Obtaining ethics committee approval was straightforward
The study protocol was clear and easy to understand
Recruiting suitable patients was difficult
The case report form was easy to use
Case report definitions were clear
The Mini-COG test was easy to apply
The Timed Up and Go test was easy to apply
The telephone interview was easy to conduct
The EU General Data Protection Regulations were easy to comply with

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* 8. Did any aspects of the study design, recruitment and administration work particularly well?

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* 9. Did participation in the POSE trial cause you or your department to make changes in clinical practice or policy?

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* 10. In relation to future studies in this area, please rate the following statements:

  Strongly disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly agree
I would like to work with the POSE group again 
I would be interested in participating in an observational study in this area
I would be interested in participating in an interventional study in this area

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* 11. What is the longest duration recruitment window that your participating centre could manage?

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* 12. Please rate how interested you and your centre would be in participating in a study in each of the following areas:

  Strongly disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly agree
Validation of a clinical risk scale for older patients undergoing surgery 
Analysing the effect of a care bundle on outcomes in the elderly patient undergoing surgery
Long-term (>12 month) outcomes in the elderly surgical patient
Effect of depth of anaesthesia monitoring on outcome in the elderly

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* 13. Are there any particular areas of interest or clinical issues in perioperative care of the older patient that you think the POSE group should look at?

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