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Serbian

Test person SER02 has no difficulty in answering the question. She describes the overall impression of her last visit to the doctor, which she remembers as very positive: "Nurse and doctor were nice and very good, explained everything well. It was a good examination, I was very satisfied." (SER02). It is unclear to what extent this overall impression also includes the focus of the item (involvement in decisions concerning treatment).

Arabic

Test person AR01 states that the attending physician explained the MRI images to her at her knee surgery and pointed out both the consequences of the procedure and alternatives to surgery. The test person finds the answer to this question very easy.

Test person AR02 explains that she has already seen seven orthopaedic surgeons because of her complaints and nobody knows exactly how her condition can be improved. The doctors had given her very few opportunities to have a say in the treatment. 

Farsi

Test person FAR01 does not understand the intention or reason for the question. She states that she is the patient after all and does not know what to do from a medical point of view. That is why she goes to the doctor. The test person therefore leaves the question unanswered.

Test person FAR02 describes an experience at the dentist who had told her that a tooth had to be extracted. Since the test person did not want that, the dentist suggested a root canal treatment as an alternative, even though the tooth might have to be extracted later. At the test person's request, he also carried out the root canal treatment. 

Russian

Test person RUS01 states that the treatment was "decided over [her] head" and she was not really involved in any decisions.

Test person RUS02 does not understand the intention of the question and therefore leaves the question unanswered: "What is meant by 'involved'? Whether one was asked or had to tell? It's not clear what is meant." (RUS02).

English

Test person ENG01 states that the treating physicians included her in the treatment and presented different possibilities of the therapy.

Serbian

Test person SER02 says that she would love it if her current doctor also became her primary care physician and she didn't have to change to another doctor due to relocation or other imponderables. The concept of free choice of doctor is understood by the test person. 

Arabic

AR01 has no difficulty with the question. The test person claims to have been referred to a specialist by the primary care physician. She would have liked to have chosen another doctor but had to choose one because of the long waiting times with other doctors.

In answering the question, test person AR02 considered whether, for example in a joint practice, she could choose the treating orthopedist herself. 

Farsi

Test person FAR01 finds the answer to the question "very easy" and states that she has chosen her current primary care physician herself and is satisfied with him.

Since test person FAR02 does not speak German and lives in a small village, she goes to a doctor to whom everyone there goes. The doctor in turn refers her to a specialist if one is needed. She herself does not feel that she has any say in the choice of doctors. 

Russian

When answering the question, test person RUS01 thinks about whether it is possible to choose a specialist when referring a patient from a primary care physician to a specialist. In her experience, this possibility does not exist in Russia: "The doctor has to decide that, it does not exist in Russia" (RUS01). The test person would therefore not even think of asking for a doctor in Germany. The test person finds the answer to this question rather difficult, since the concept of free choice of doctor is unclear or unknown to him.

Test person RUS02 claims to have been treated by a Russian-speaking doctor during her hospital visit. There would have been no need (and probably not the possibility) to choose the doctor himself. Here it remains unclear whether the concept of free choice of doctor was understood. 

English

Test person ENG01 has no difficulty in answering the question and understands the concept of free choice of doctor, which is the focus of this question.

Serbian

Test person SER02 answers spontaneously: "It is not difficult to understand what the doctor is saying." However, the test subject seems to make no reference to their decision behavior regarding the disease.

Arabic

Test person AR01 has no difficulty in answering the question. She thinks about her meniscus surgery and found it difficult to decide whether she should have the surgery or not.

Test person AR02 has no confidence in doctors due to her experience with them. For example, when an orthopaedic surgeon prescribes her an insole, she feels that he is only testing but is not sure if it really helps. 

Farsi

Test person FAR01 has no problem understanding the question, but no answer option is applicable to her, as she has never had a disease for which she should decide.

Test person FAR02 states that it is quite easy to make decisions when the doctor gives information about the disease. 

Russian

Test person RUS01 claims to be able to make decisions fairly quickly based on information obtained from doctors.

Test person RUS02 answers accordingly: "It is easy to accept the information you get from the doctor, if I say it is too complicated, the disease does not go away" .

Both test persons find the answer to the question rather easy. 

English

Test person ENG01 states that she usually receives good advice from doctors to help her deal with her illness and symptoms.

Arabic

Test person AR01 claims not to be able to answer the question because she has never had psychological problems. 

Farsi

Just like test person AR01, test person FAR01 does not check anything here, as she never had such problems. 

Russian

According to test person RUS01, the answer options do not match the question. If you have no experience with this, there should be a "don't know" or "don't fit" category. When asked by the interviewer whether the question could not be answered purely theoretically, the interpreter answers: "That is too theoretical, nobody knows" .

Also test person RUS02 does not know why this question is not answered. As with the other test persons, this one also has no experience with stress and depression, so no answer option applies.