Patient Survey on Cortisone Injection Perceptions and Safety

Juliet Chung's dataset, published on figshare in March 2026, captures patient understanding of cortisone injections. It contains survey responses from 246 patients on topics including perceived safety, willingness to receive injections, and knowledge about usage limits. The data is stored in a 5.5 KB XLS file.

Use Cases

• Analyze patient-reported safety perceptions of cortisone injections based on survey questions.
• Model patient willingness to receive injections based on their stated understanding of the treatment.
• Assess knowledge gaps regarding injection frequency limits for the same problem.
• Study correlations between prior cortisone use and reported awareness or communication adequacy.

Strengths

• Survey includes responses from 246 patients, providing a specific sample size.
• Data is explicitly licensed under CC-BY-4.0, allowing for open reuse.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, requiring manual inspection after download.
• The dataset is very small at 5.5 KB, indicating limited scope and feature depth.

Provenance

Source

Juliet Chung via figshare.

Collection Method

Likely collected via a cross-sectional survey study, as indicated by platform tags.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 17:28:21.