Semi-structured Interview Topic Guide for COPD Symptom Clusters Study

A qualitative study using semi-structured interviews with 30 patients with COPD recruited from a university teaching hospital in China. The dataset contains interview topic guides and was authored by Fei Fei, last updated on 2026-05 04 17:34:32. Data were analyzed using the Framework approach, informed by the Theory of Unpleasant Symptoms and the concept of biographical disruption.

Use Cases

• Analyzing patient interpretations of symptom clusters based on qualitative interview themes.
• Studying the impact of symptom clusters on health-related quality of life based on participant descriptions.
• Identifying adaptive management strategies for symptom burden based on patient-reported prioritization.
• Exploring the concept of 'trigger symptoms' and biographical disruption in chronic illness based on thematic findings.

Strengths

• Dataset is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0, permitting reuse and adaptation.
• Study design involved a purposive sample of 30 patients, providing a focused qualitative perspective.
• Analysis was informed by established theoretical frameworks (Theory of Unpleasant Symptoms, biographical disruption).

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Dataset is very small (17.5 KB), indicating limited scope and likely containing only interview guides or coded themes rather than raw transcripts.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Semi-structured interviews with a purposive sample of patients.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-04 17:34:32; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Data were collected from a university teaching hospital in China.