Yoeri Bemelmans

Chapter 2 24 interviews, code saturation was expected to be reached. Investigator triangulation was achieved by interviewing the patients and analysing the data with two researchers separately. Any discrepancies between researcher’s interpretations were discussed until agreement was reached Ethics This studywas performed in compliancewith theHelsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2013 and was studied and approved by the IRB and conducted in accordance with the guidelines for Good Clinical Practice. Results A total of 8 participants were included. The demographic data of the participants are presented in table 3. Patients’ experiences and opinions are outlined according to the topic list (table 2). Table 3. Patient characteristics and demographics. ID Gender Age (years) Education level Profession Type of arthroplasty 1 Male 72 Bachelor’s degree Commercial manager UKA 2 Male 53 Associate degree Grocer UKA 3 Female 58 Associate degree Cabdriver UKA 4 Male 71 Bachelor’s degree Architect UKA 5 Male 60 Associate degree Assembly operator UKA 6 Female 64 Associate degree Fitness instructor TKA 7 Male 76 Associate degree Justice TKA 8 Female 71 High school Saleswoman TKA UKA, unicompartmental knee arthroplasty; TKA, total knee arthroplasty Design of the brochure Patients reported that thebrochure iswrittenwithaclear letter size, letter type, line spacing andsizingof theparagraphs. Thecurrent sizeof thebrochure is too largeandhadadeterrent effect on the participants and they prefer a smaller size (A5 instead of A4 format). P1: “I actually thought it was a big brochure. I thought, hey, what am I getting here?” Structure of the brochure Patients reported that the table of content was not clear enough, whichmade it hard for them to find certain information on specific subjects.