34 adults in the United States self-reporting long COVID were interviewed about their experiences with physical activity. The dataset likely contains qualitative themes and quantitative summaries from a deductive thematic analysis of the interviews. It was authored by Zoe Sirotiak and last updated on 2026-05-27.
Use Cases
- Analyze patient-reported symptom changes based on physical activity engagement mentioned in the description
- Identify themes of post-exertional malaise and forced inactivity from interview content
- Compare perceptions of health improvement versus symptom worsening among long COVID patients
Strengths
- Based on semi-structured interviews with 34 adults (mean age 52 years, 62% women)
- Includes specific quantitative findings, such as 64.7% of participants reporting symptom worsening with PA
- Thematic analysis covers distinct categories like post-exertional malaise and increased energy
Limitations
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- The dataset is very small at 5.5 KB, indicating limited scope
Provenance
- Source
- figshare
- Collection Method
- Semi-structured interviews analyzed via deductive thematic analysis
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-27 17:32:22; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- United States (U.S.)