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Table 3 Quotes illustrating main themes in relation to trial participation experiences

From: Patient experiences of receiving arthroscopic surgery or personalised hip therapy for femoroacetabular impingement in the context of the UK fashion study: a qualitative study

Themes

Examples

Believing participation is for the greater good

I like to help. I’ve spent my entire adult life in public service so I think if my experiences can help somebody else, then I’m quite happy to help. The questionnaires were forthright, I did not have any problems with it. (P18)

Accessing a novel treatment

I found it interesting and I’m always up for anything that can be dealt with rather than surgery, so I was open minded with it. (P24)

Experiencing little personal burden

it’s not like a massive burden to you, it’s not going to take up a load of your time and obviously the more people that help out in these studies, obviously the better the treatments become. (P1)

Wanting more information about their condition

I do not honestly know [whether to seek further treatment]. That’s one thing I was hoping to find out really after the trial period is finished. To find out if I need to keep up with the exercises for another period of time. (P37)

Receiving extra support from the research team

I enjoyed it. Like I said it was nice being able to talk to someone [a researcher] and it did not feel like I was just turning up and we have got to do this, this and this and go home. (P32)