Questionnaire about innovation in surgery and robot-assisted mastectomy
1.
How do you feel about the introduction of new technologies in medical treatments?
Very positive
Positive
Neutral
Negative
Very negative
2.
Would you be willing to be treated using a relatively new surgical technique if it were thought to be safe and might offer advantages?
Very likely
Likely
Neither likely nor unlikely
Unlikely
Very unlikely
3.
What factors would influence your decision to accept or decline a new surgical technology?
4.
In medical studies, in order to tease out the effect of the intervention eg doing robot-assisted surgery rather than conventional open mastectomy, we use the process of randomisation. This means that neither the surgical team, nor the participant, can choose whether an individual will be treated using robot-assisted surgery or conventional open surgery. Participants therefore have to be willing to have surgery using either technique in order to join the trial. This is to ensure that at the end of the trial, the groups are equal on average in all aspects (eg age, ethnicity, breast size, tumour characteristics, weight etc) and the only factor that is different between the groups is the type of surgery. This means that if there is a difference between the groups in terms of satisfaction or other relevant results, it can be determined to be down to the surgical technique and not “confounded” by other factors.
Before this questionnaire, were you aware of the concept of randomisation in clinical trials?
Yes
No
5.
How would you rate your understanding of randomisation in clinical trials?
Extremely familiar
Very familiar
Somewhat familiar
Not so familiar
Not at all familiar
6.
Please enter your age in years
7.
Please enter your ethnicity
8.
Please state your gender assigned at birth
Female
Male
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