Recruitment
Consecutive high-risk noncardiac surgical patients will be assessed for potential eligibility at the preoperative assessment by the anesthesiologist and asked to participate if they fulfill the inclusion criteria. Eligible patients will receive written and video information about the study. Written informed consent will be obtained by a trained (research) nurse or a physician before surgery (control; phase 1) or before the MDT meeting (intervention; phase 2). To facilitate the inclusion of patients with limited health literacy in our study, we incorporated measures to guarantee that information about the study, questionnaires, and informed consent were written at a suitable language level (level B1).Each hospital is estimated to include ten patients on average per 3 months. As hospitals vary in size and do not serve the same number of surgical patients, each hospital includes a different number of patients during each period of 3 months. Patients can withdraw consent at any time for any reason if they wish to do so. Data from patients who withdraw will be used in the analysis until the date of withdrawal, unless the patient states otherwise.