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APPENDIX 1: QUESTIONNAIRE
As part of some research being undertaken by the Scottish Executive and the NHS we would now like you to think about in-patient accommodation in hospital. By in-patient accommodation we mean where you would stay if you spent one or more night in hospital. This survey does not include residential/nursing home care.
Section 1 - to establish respondents' experiences.
Q1) Do you work in, or in the course of your work do you regularly visit, one or more hospitals?
Yes work in hospital/Yes visit hospital in the course of work/No neither
Q2) In the past 5 years, have you ever been an in-patient in hospital either in:
READ OUT a single room/a multi-bed ward of up to 6 people/a large ward of more than 6 people /Not in past 5 years/Never/ Don't know (ALLOW MULTICODE ON 1, 2, 3).
ASK ALL THOSE with CHILDREN UNDER 16 years of age
Q3) In the past 5 years, has your child or children been an in-patient in hospital either in:
READ OUT a single room/a multi-bed ward of up to 6 people/a large ward of more than 6 people/Not in past five years/Never/Don't know (ALLOW MULTICODE ON 1, 2, 3).
Q4) In the past 5 years, have you visited someone staying as an in-patient in hospital either in:
READ OUT: a single room/a multi-bed ward of up to 6 people/a large ward of more than 6 people/Not in past 5 years/Never/Don't know (ALLOW MULTICODE on 1, 2, 3)
ASK Q5 OF THOSE WHO HAVE STAYED IN HOSPITAL (CODES 1,2 OR 3 AT Q2)
Q5) Thinking about all the times you have stayed in hospital as an in-patient in the past five years, roughly how many nights would you say you had spent in hospital?
WRITE IN NUMBER
NOTE TO INTERVIEWERS ENCOURAGE RESPONDENT TO ESTIMATE EVEN IF THEY CAN'T GIVE AN ACCURATE ANSWER
ASK Q6 OF THOSE WHO HAVE VISITED THEIR CHILD(REN) OR OTHER PEOPLE IN HOSPITAL (CODES 1,2 OR 3 AT Q3 OR Q4)
Q6) Thinking about all the times you have visited someone who was staying hospital in the past five years, on how many different days would you say you had visited a person in hospital?
WRITE IN NUMBER
NOTE TO INTERVIEWERS ENCOURAGE RESPONDENT TO ESTIMATE EVEN IF THEY CAN'T GIVE AN ACCURATE ANSWER
Section 2 - to assess people's preference to be accommodated in single versus multiple occupancy hospital accommodation
Q7) If you were admitted to hospital in the future would you prefer to stay in:
READ OUT. SINGLE CODE ONLY a single room/a multi-bedded room with up to 6 people/a large ward with more than 6 people/don't mind/it depends/don't know
OPEN ENDED
Q8) Why do you say that?
PROBE Why else?
Section 3 - to examine the perceived benefits and risks associated with accommodating people in single or multiple occupancy hospital accommodation
Q9) What would you say are the advantages to in-patients staying for one or more nights in a single room in hospital?
DO NOT PROMPT ANSWER. ALLOW MULTICODE more privacy/give you more dignity/less noisy/easier to talk to staff or family about your condition or other confidential matters/ easier for people to visit/ don't disturb others/can choose what to watch on television/can choose whether to watch television /own bathroom/ staff can notice you more or have more time for you/better if patient is seriously ill or dying/single rooms cleaner or more modern
OTHER code & write in
DON'T KNOW/NONE
PROBE: What other advantages do single rooms have for patients?
Q10) And what would you say are the disadvantages to in-patients staying one or more nights in a single room in hospital?
DO NOT PROMPT. ALLOW MULTICODE feel isolated or lack of company/ too quiet or less going on/staff might forget about you or not check on you/would worry I was seriously ill or dying/there might be a delay in treatment/might not receive meals
OTHER code & write in
DON'T KNOW/NONE
PROBE: What other disadvantages do single rooms have for patients?
Q11) What would you say are the advantages for patients staying overnight in a multi-bedded room or large ward with others in hospital?
PRECODE. DO NOT PROMPT. ALLOW MULTICODE. more company or not isolated/ able to play with other children/staff not liable to forget you or more liable to check on you/staff more likely to notice you need help or possible delays in being treated/catering staff won't forget about you at meal times
OTHER code & write in
DON'T KNOW/NONE
PROBE: What other advantages do rooms with a number of beds have for patients?
Q12) What would you say are the disadvantages for patients staying overnight in a multi-bedded room or large ward with others in hospital?
PRECODE. DO NOT PROMPT. ALLOW MULTICODE. less or no privacy/don't allow you any dignity/noisier/not so easy to talk to staff or family about your condition or other confidential matters/ not so easy for (more) people to visit/ visitors might disturb others/can't choose what to watch on television/can't choose whether to watch television /sharing bathroom/not as clean/not as modern or more old-fashioned/ too many people/staff have too many people to deal with
OTHER code & write in
DON'T KNOW/NONE
PROBE: What other disadvantages do rooms with a number of beds have for patients?
Section 4 - to explore people's opinions on which groups should/should not be accommodated in single occupancy hospital accommodation
Q13) Not all hospitals have single rooms for every patient. Thinking about people staying overnight in hospital, who do you think should generally stay in a single room?
PRECODE. DO NOT PROMPT. ALLOW MULTICODE: Children/Teenagers and young adults/Adults/Older people/Men/Women/ People who are seriously ill/People who are in hospital for a routine procedure/people in intensive care/people admitted in an emergency/people who are dying/people who have an infectious disease/ people who are mentally ill.
OTHER code & write in
DON'T KNOW/NONE
Q14) And still thinking about other people staying overnight in hospital, who do you think should generally stay in a multi- bed room or large ward with others?
PRECODE. DO NOT PROMPT. ALLOW MULTICODE: Children/Teenagers and young adults/Adults/Older people/Men/Women/ People who are seriously ill/People who are in hospital for a routine procedure/people in intensive care/people admitted in an emergency/people who are dying/ people who are mentally ill.
OTHER code & write in
DON'T KNOW/NONE
Section 5 - to examine the degree to which people are aware of the nature of hospital accommodation currently provided by NHS Scotland
Q15) I'm going to show you some pictures of different types of wards in NHS hospitals today
SHOW PICTURES OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOSPITAL ACCOMMODATION
Which of these types of wards do you think is the most common in hospitals nowadays?
SINGLE CODE ONLY A/B/C/don't know
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