Table 4 Illustrative quotes of patient views
Qualitative theme | Illustrative quotes |
|---|---|
Knowledge of the risk factors for cancer | “I mean well from my knowledge of cancer and probably the general public knowledge of cancer, I know there are certain things that you can do to help lower your risk” Patient 6 “I knew that I didn’t smoke and I don’t drink a lot (alcohol) so I knew the ones most people get because of their lifestyle” Patient 1 |
Expectations of their risk | “I suppose that’s roughly where I probably thought I would be. But when it’s actually stuck in front of you like that, it focuses the mind a bit more.” Patient 8 “While I was aware of the sort of things I should be doing in my lifestyle I didn’t really appreciate what the cancer impact of those choices could have” Patient 9 |
Risk presentation | “I found it very easy to understand. It shows you- projected, what you could do, and it tells you that in a very straightforward way, I thought” Patient 11 “So, by showing you in a chart, you can understand it better, even if you haven’t got a technical mind” Patient 5 |
Risk modification | “It’s made me more aware of trying to do these things, especially the losing weight, side of it, which is the most difficult part, to be quite honest” Patient 2 “That’s the thing that really hit me more than anything when that came up. And by just discussing with me a little bit, if I change my lifestyle a bit this way, that way, she showed me how it would head more towards green” Patient 8 |
Behaviour change | “I think that merely going through this exercise has helped to push my motivators in the right direction” Patient 7 “I’d been smoking, prior to then, when I came out of there, I made a change straight away” Patient 5 “Now I’m aware, it’s on my mind all the time. Like when we were away, I tried to eat chicken as opposed to steaks and that sort of thing” Patient 10 |
Provision of cancer risk information | “…there’s a good advice about your healthy lifestyle or your choices about getting a healthy lifestyle which will benefit both your cardiovascular and the chances of getting cancer. So I think it compliments each other really well. I was happy to have the information in one go because you can look at the way you’re living and your life and then you can make decisions” Patient 11 |