ED Provider Perceptions of Nonpharmacological Pain Strategies

Nine emergency department physicians from a single academic medical center participated in semi-structured interviews about nonpharmacological pain treatments. The dataset contains qualitative analysis results, including six major themes on implementation barriers and facilitators. Author Rogelio A. Coronado published the data on figshare under a CC-BY-4.0 license, last updated June 1, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing institutional and professional barriers to implementing nonpharmacological pain strategies based on the described themes.
• Modeling factors influencing provider adoption of complementary therapies based on perceived patient characteristics and intervention traits.
• Identifying potential facilitators for integrating mind-body therapies in emergency care based on provider-identified education and support needs.

Strengths

• Dataset is small (9.5 KB), facilitating quick download and inspection.
• Analysis is based on verbatim transcripts from nine semi-structured interviews with ED physicians.
• The description outlines six specific, named themes derived from the qualitative analysis.

Limitations

• Row count and column definitions are unknown, requiring manual inspection after download.
• The dataset's scope is limited to nine physicians from a single academic medical center, which may affect generalizability.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality and structure require manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Semi-structured interviews with nine ED physicians, audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim, and analyzed using an iterative deductive-inductive approach.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-01 17:33:08; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Data likely originates from a single academic medical center in the United States, given the context of emergency department (ED) providers.