Linda Rothman, Teresa To, Ron Buliung, Colin Macarthur, Andrew Howard
Influence of social and built environment features on children walking to school: an observational study
Preventive medicine
making anastomotic decisions rectal cancer surgery surgeons must consider risk anastomotic leakage bears implications patients quality life cancer recurrence potentially death aim study investigate views colorectal surgeons individual attributes eg experience personality traits may influence decisionmaking experience complications qualitative study used individual interviews data collection purposive sampling used invite certified ukbased colorectal surgeons participate participants recruited ongoing data review indicated new codes generated suggesting data sufficiency data analysed thematically following braun clarkes sixstep framework seventeen colorectal surgeons eight female nine male participated two key themes relevant subthemes identified 1 personal attributes influencing variation decisionmaking eg demographics personality 2 influence complications decisionmaking surgeons described variation management complications based upon personal attributes included factors gender experience subspeciality interests surgeons described detrimental impact anastomotic leakage mental physical health experience anastomotic leakage influences future decisionmaking associated changes practice even technical error identified colorectal surgeons consider anastomotic leaks personal failures negative impact surgeon welfare better understanding surgeons make difficult decisions surgeons respond learn complications necessary identify personalized methods supporting surgeons career stages may improve patient outcomes