Physicians recruited patients by explaining the aims of the study and obtained written informed consent.
The discussion concludes by explaining the aims of prosocial values to not only expand treatment choices and opportunities for patients to take a more active role in the management of their own care, but also to contribute towards shared patient goals through better-informed advocacy.
Practitioners were firstly contacted by post, explaining the aim and scope of the study, announcing that the interview will take place within the next seven days and indicating that the participation in the study is voluntary.
The questionnaires were sent out by mail with a letter explaining the aim of the survey and the anonymous data processing.
The questionnaire was accompanied by a letter of introduction explaining the aim of the project, that is, exploring the opinion of health care professionals about offering patients a HbP-carrier test on the basis of their ethnicity and underlining the fact that no specific knowledge about HbP was necessary to be able to answer the questions.
The IEQ-EU was sent to the appointed caregiver accompanied by a letter explaining the aims of study, an informed consent form, and a postage-free return envelope.
Traditional medical teaching aims to teach students by explaining the underlying mechanisms of disease through basic science learning, followed by disease categories and finally attempts to bring the learning together by demonstrating these mechanisms in patients [ 17].
The RAs recruited pre-scheduled SDS patients by telephone and explained the aim of the study.
Subsequently, the women were approached in person by the researcher who presented herself, explained the aim of the study, ensured their willingness to participate and provided an information letter in Danish detailing the aims of the study, and research ethics, including anonymity, storage of data and the right to discontinue participation at any time.
Participants (n = 25) were explained the aim and procedures of the study and agreed by signing a consent form.
