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Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria

From: A qualitative investigation into the results of a discrete choice experiment and the impact of COVID-19 on patient preferences for virtual consultations

Inclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria

• Patients, over the age of 18 years, attending the hospital for Physiotherapy or Occupational Therapya

• Patients who have experience of orthopaedic / musculoskeletal conditiona

• Patients who are able to provide informed written consent

• Patients able to understand and speak English or a language covered by the RNOH Interpreter servicea

• Patients providing their contact details in Phase 3 [14] of the CONNECT project

• Patients scoring 9/9 for F2F and at least 7/9 for VC

• Patients under the age of 18 years.

• Patients without the capacity to consenta

• Patients suffering from diagnosis other than orthopaedic as the primary cause (eg neurological or oncology disorders)a

• Patients currently or previously treated by the lead investigator (AWG)a

  1. adenotes previous criteria used for the DCE