Because we recruited patients receiving RRT for more than a year, it is probable that patients' recall concerning decision making about RRT initiation could have changed over time.
While this may be viewed as a limitation, it may also be seen to reflect the organisational context of the general practice surgeries in which shared practices concerning decision making tend to be GP initiated and led.
This is another concern; decisions made by one generation could impact the next if gene editing were used in humans.
The three questions included in the GHQ - 8, but not the GHQ - 6 concern decision-making (item 4), enjoying daily activities (item 7) and feelings of worthlessness (item 11).
Other-regarding preferences also concern decisions made on behalf of others (e.g., 'Should I get my children vaccinated?').
The health literacy section included 47 items addressing self-reported difficulties in accessing, understanding, appraising and applying information in tasks concerning decisions making in healthcare, disease prevention, and health promotion.
Sadly, patients are now right to be suspicious of motives concerning decisions made about them, which until recently, almost uniquely in the world, have been purely in their best clinical interest.
Finally, the third sub-theme concerns decision-making with respect to QoL.
The tendency for patients to comply with doctors' decisions, even when they are not in line with their own preferences [ 52] is a significant concern in decision making around starting preventative medication.
As previously suggested, this method would be recommended for exploring decision making; however none of these studies were primarily concerned with decision making.
This requires an understanding of patient priorities concerning treatment decision making.
