Acceptability questionnaire for health professionals who manage patients with shoulder pain (n=15; nine physiotherapists, five orthopaedic surgeons and one osteopath)
| Acceptability statements | Strongly agree, N (%) | Somewhat agree, N (%) | Neither agree nor disagree, N (%) | Somewhat disagree, N (%) | Strongly disagree, N (%) | Mean (SD)* | Mean (SD) for orthopaedic surgeons* |
| It will be easy for me to use | 10 (67) | 4 (27) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (7) | 4.5 (1.1) | 3.6 (1.5) |
| It is easy for me to understand | 12 (80) | 3 (20) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 4.8 (0.4) | 4.8 (0.4) |
| It will be easy for me to experiment with using it before making a final decision to adopt it | 12 (80) | 3 (20) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 4.8 (0.4) | 4.6 (0.5) |
| The results of using the decision aid will be easy to see | 2 (13) | 4 (27%) | 7 (47) | 2 (13) | 0 (0) | 3.4 (0.9) | 2.6 (0.5) |
| This decision aid is better than how I usually go about helping patients decide about shoulder surgery | 3 (20) | 4 (27%) | 4 (27) | 4 (27) | 0 (0) | 3.4 (1.1) | 2.8 (0.8) |
| This decision aid is compatible with the way I think subacromial shoulder pain should be managed | 8 (53) | 5 (33) | 2 (13) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 4.4 (0.7) | 4.2 (0.4) |
| Compared with my usual approach, this decision aid will result in my patients making more informed decisions | 4 (27) | 5 (33) | 4 (27) | 2 (13) | 0 (0) | 3.7 (1.0) | 3.6 (0.5) |
| Using this decision aid will save me time | 2 (13) | 7 (47) | 4 (27) | 1 (7) | 1 (7) | 3.5 (1.1) | 3.4 (1.5) |
| This decision aid is a reliable method of helping patients make decisions about shoulder surgery | 7 (47) | 4 (27) | 1 (7) | 3 (20) | 0 (0) | 4.0 (1.2) | 3.4 (1.3) |
| Pieces or components of the decision aid can be used by themselves | 7 (47) | 7 (47) | 0 (0) | 1 (7) | 0 (0) | 4.3 (0.8) | 4.2 (1.3) |
| This type of decision aid is suitable for helping patients make value laden choices | 9 (60) | 4 (27) | 2 (13) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 4.5 (0.7) | 4.2 (0.8) |
| This decision aid complements my usual approach | 8 (53) | 4 (27) | 2 (13) | 1 (7) | 0 (0) | 4.3 (1.0) | 3.8 (1.1) |
| Using this decision aid does not involve making major changes to the way I usually do things | 10 (67) | 2 (13) | 2 (13) | 1 (7) | 0 (0) | 4.4 (1.0) | 4.6 (0.5) |
| There is a high probability that using this decision aid may cause/result in more benefit than harm | 4 (27) | 8 (53) | 2 (13) | 1 (7) | 0 (0) | 4.0 (0.8) | 3.6 (0.9) |
*Likert Scale from strongly agree (5) to strongly disagree (1).