Ethics approval and consent to participate
This study will follow ethical principles based on the Declaration of Helsinki (2013) and the Medical Research Involving Human Subjects Act (WMO). It will also comply with personal data protection and privacy regulations, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Dutch Act on Implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (AVG). The Research Ethics Committee of the Radboud University Medical Centre in the Netherlands has decided that the research participants are not subjected to acts that are subject to the Medical Research Involving Human Subjects Act and no conduct that is subject to the WMO is imposed on them. (2022–13438). As per the Dutch Human Subjects Act, formal Medical Ethical Research Committee approval is not required since participants (patients and MDT participants for interviews) will not undergo study procedures or follow specific behavior rules. All participating hospitals received approval from the Board of Directors to participate in the PREPARATION study. All participating centers are joined in a research consortium.An anesthesiologist will screen patients for inclusion during a preoperative assessment at the anesthesiology outpatient clinic, and all patients are provided with verbal information about the study, an information video, and written patient information. The patient will receive at least 24 h to decide upon participating in the study. Written informed consent must be obtained from all included patients.