Research Article
Patient Participation in Surgical Treatment Decision Making from the Patients' Perspective: Validation of an Instrument
Table 1
Participants characteristics.
| Profession | Ward/surgery | Practice (years) | Earlier surgery | Sex | Age | Education/profession |
| Physician | Internship | 1 | | F | 28 | | Physician | Internship | 1 | | M | 28 | | Physician | Tub/thorax | 10 | | M | 40 | | Physician | Orthopaedic | 27 | | M | 59 | | Nurse | Urologic | 3 | | F | 27 | | Nurse | Gastrologic | 2 | | F | 26 | | Nurse | Central-surgery unit | 21 | | F | 43 | | Nurse | Central-surgery unit | 28 | | F | 51 | | Nurse | Day-surgery unit | 32 | | F | 54 | | Nurse | Orthopaedic | 35 | | F | 58 | | Nurse | Day-surgery unit | 40 | | F | 62 | | Patient | Back operation | | Yes, back operation | F | 51 | BSc nursing | Patient | Ventricle-bowel operation | | Yes, two on same issue | F | 60 | | Patient | Hip replacement | | No | F | 63 | | Patient | Ovaries hysterectomy | | Mastectomy cancer mamma | F | 65 | MSc in teaching | Patient | Kidney transplantation | | Yes, kidney transplantation | M | 49 | Bookkeeper | Patient | Gastrectomy cancer ventriculi | | Arm surgery when young | M | 61 | Engineer | Patient | Urological operation | | Yes, kidney stone operation | M | 62 | MSc engineering |
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