Characteristics of studies | Number of studies n = 26 |
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Country: | |
 UK | 24 [67,68,69,70,71,72,73,74,75, 77,78,79,80,81,82,83,84,85,86,87,88,89,90,91] |
 Sweden/Finland/Iceland | 2 |
Perspective: | Â |
 Healthcare professionals only | 6 |
 Patients only | 9 |
 Healthcare professionals and patients | 11 |
Speciality area: | |
 Oncology | 20 |
 Orthopaedics | 7 |
 Urology | 2 |
 Ophthalmology | 1 [82] |
 Obstetrics | 1 [84] |
 Ear, Nose, Throat (ENT) | 2 |
Types of comparison: | |
 Surgery versus no active intervention | 1 [66] |
 Surgery versus medical management** | 13 |
 Surgery versus deferred surgery** | 2 |
 Surgery versus medical management versus active monitoring** | 5 |
 Surgery versus physiotherapy/exercise component** | 5 |
 Surgery versus placebo versus active monitoring | 1 [85] |
 Surgery versus closed contact casting | 1 [88] |
 Surgery versus medical management versus no active intervention | 1 [81] |
Data collection: | |
 Qualitative interviews only | 16 |
 Mixed qualitative methods** | 5 |
 Focus groups | 1 [82] |
 Audio recordings of recruitment appointments | 4 |