Theme | Sub-theme | Description | Data displays |
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Randomisation |  | Preference to know if they were receiving an intervention | I couldn’t see me coming in every week and having to - and plus the fact that I might not get it. I might get it; I might not get it. (P31F, declined) |
I said, ‘well, I’m not interested because I don’t want to take the chance of having a placebo.’ So that was that. (P32M, declined) | |||
Risks | Fear of side-effects | Risks of further side-effects from medicinal cannabis outweighing possible benefits | I was keen on [trial participation]… but then I found out the after - the side effects that can come with it and I think, ‘oh, I go through enough side effects right now.…’ that sort of scared me a bit. (P45F, declined) |
Fear of interactions | Concerns that medicinal cannabis would interact with other medications | I’m on things that really are working well… and I don’t want to upset the apple cart… I’m going so well on what I’ve got on and I’m taking, I don’t see the point of having anything extra. (P43F, declined) | |
Fear of fatal interactions | Concern that medicinal cannabis might interact with other medications, with possibly fatal consequences | I don’t think I’ll take it on mate. I just don’t want to take the chance in case it’s - it might affect my, all my medications what I take and it might kill me. (P35M, declined) | |
Gatekeeper | Clinician advice | Advice from a clinician that medicinal cannabis would not be beneficial | What I’ve been told about it by people like a GP…. He says, no, don’t take it because it probably wouldn’t do you any good. (P35M, declined) |
Uncertain benefit to self | Unproven | Intervention’s benefit yet to be rigorously established | It’s in the unproven basket still. That’s my only concern, unproven. (P36M, declined) |
Not enough symptom burden to benefit | Self-assessed symptom burden too low to reap any perceived benefits | I have no pain as such so I can’t see the need for me to have it as yet or to go on the trial… Well if I haven’t got any pain at the moment there’s not much point taking it is there. (P33F, declined) | |
Symptom burden managed—no perceived benefit to self | Pain, nausea and fatigue were being adequately managed | I don’t think it’s worth starting now…. I am in a lot of pain but I’m managing – it’s being managed with patches. (P27F, declined) | |
I’m not having as much issue with the symptoms at the moment… the pain and the nausea…. I wasn’t eating much and I was losing weight, but I’ve got my appetite back again. (P42F, declined) |