AN EXAMPLE OF A TOPIC LIST

The example presented below is fictitious. It could have been used in the KCE research project on refractive eye surgery (in progress), but instead a questionnaire was used.

• Discovery of eye problems
• When?
• How?
• Which solution?
• Reaction?
• Satisfaction with solution. Change to new solution, which one?
• Encounter with eye surgery
• When?
• How?
• Consideration of the eye surgery
• Motivations?
• How far in the process
• Final decision/decision so far
• Planning of the eye surgery
• Experience of the eye surgery and after care
• Emotions – fears
• Practicalities
• Informed consent
• Evaluation of the eye surgery
• Quality of sight
• Pain
• Adverse effects
• Reimbursement of glasses, contact lenses, refractive eye surgery