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Table 1 Primary and secondary outcomes, data sources, and used instrument/source of information

From: Is a preoperative multidisciplinary team meeting (cost)effective to improve outcome for high-risk adult patients undergoing noncardiac surgery: the PREPARATION study—a multicenter stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial

Outcome

Type of data source

Instrument/source

Serious adverse events

Registration

EHR

Functional status

Questionnaire

WHODAS 2.0 [28]

Health-related quality of life

Questionnaire

EQ-5D-5L} [27]

Quality of life

Questionnaire

WHOQOL BREF [29]

Decision regret

Questionnaire

Decision Regret Scale [20]

MDT characteristics

Registration

CRF

Perioperative management

Registration

CRF

MDT decision-making and facilitators and barriers

Observations and interviews

MDT-MODe [30]

Survival

Registration

EHR

Resource use

Questionnaire and registration

iMCQ and iPCQ: CRF: EHR [32]

Delay between preoperative screening, preoperative MDT, and surgery

Registration

CRF

  1. EHR electronic health record, WHODAS 2.0 World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0, EQ-5D-5L quality of life in 5 dimensions, WHOQOL BREF World Health Organization Quality of Life, short version, OPT Outcome Prioritization Tool, CRF case report form, MDT-MODe multidisciplinary team mode of decision-making, iMCQ iMTA (institute for Medical Technology Assessment) Medical Consumption Questionnaire, iPCQ iMTA Productivity Cost Questionnaire