Table 1 Supporting quotes for acceptability of trial procedures
From: Withdrawal of antihypertensive therapy in people with dementia: feasibility study
Participant/relative | Theme/sub-theme | Quote |
|---|---|---|
Relative C | 1—Participation and consent/ altruistic reasons | ‘I’m all for any research … won’t benefit me but it’ll probably benefit somebody else.’ |
Participant D | 2—Participation and consent/ altruistic reasons | ‘I feel that I need help from you, so I want to give something back.’ |
Relative E | 3—Participation and consent/ participation might reduce number of drugs | ‘…anything to do with reducing the tablets is good.’ |
Participant F | 3—Participation and consent/ participation might reduce number of drugs | ‘I was hoping that they could reduce it [the medication].’ |
Participant B | 3—Participation and consent/ participation might reduce number of drugs | ‘…if you can go without any tablets, it surely has got to be better for you.’ |
Relative A | 4—Participation and consent/ personal learning | ‘…perhaps I’m learning things that I don’t know anything about.’ |
Relative E | 5—Participation and consent/ worries but also hope | ‘I was a bit dubious because I didn’t know which way it was going to go,… But when [the GP] confirmed it, he thought it’d be good, and I can, I was all right then.’ |
Relative G | 5—Participation and consent/ worries but also hope | ‘…if it can help him to be, you know, all right longer, it’s worth it’. |
Relative H | 6—Reflections of assessments and other study procedures /feeling comfortable | ‘They [the questions] were alright…didn’t worry me at all.’ |
Participant I | 6—Reflections of assessments and other study procedures/high number of questions | : ‘…a lot of them, a lot of questions…’ |
Relative J | 6—Reflections of assessments and other study procedures/high number of questions | ‘No, it’s fine, I mean, don’t mind us answering questions at all, you know, it don’t, you know, if it helps, it doesn’t matter, does it really. ’ |
Relative H | 6—Reflections of assessments and other study procedures/high number of questions | ‘No problem at all.’ |
Relative G | 6—Reflections of assessments and other study procedures/ positive to have someone coming | ‘It’s nice to know somebody’s there, that’s what…isn’t it? …somebody coming.. .’ |
Relative H | 6—Reflections of assessments and other study procedures/ positive to have someone coming | ‘I loved them coming’. |
Relative K | 6—Reflections of assessments and other study procedures/ memory questions | ‘…some of the questions were referenced towards the memory problems… and [name of spouse] got a bit stressed out.’ |