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Table 3 Themes and sub-themes generated from round 1 responses

From: Enhancing ward rounds for older patients with frailty: a modified Delphi process

 

Themes

Preparing ward rounds

Undertaking ward rounds

Competencies

Circumstances related to the patient group

Sub-themes

Current patient state

Previous conditions and hospitalisations

Treatment and examination planning

Patient preparation

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Settings

Introduction

Negotiating agenda

Shared decision making

Summarising and closing

Short- and long-term planning

Adjustment of language to meet patient needs

Management of meetings and prioritisation

Flexibility

Building relationship

Credibility/reliability

Patient involvement

Patient characteristics

Ward round characteristics

Patients with cognitive impairments

Patients with delirium

Relatives/informal caregivers