Table 4 Example items following elicited concepts
Concept | Quotes | Items |
|---|---|---|
Coughing | “I cannot lay down flat without coughing my head off.” | You indicated that you experienced a cough last night… |
“Well, I have mucous coughs, too, you know where you got to cough up something, but most of the time it’s not the mucous. It’s just a burning sensation right in my chest.” | - How severe was your cough? | |
Shortness of breath | “You’re calling for a breath to fill your lungs, but you can’t seem to get it.” | You indicated that you experienced shortness of breath last night… |
“It feels like I can’t get enough breath, and then when I get the breath, I-I know I have a hard time trying to get rid of it.” | - How severe was your shortness of breath? | |
Severity of symptoms | “I’m saying that I just get them or some of them I already have that would actually get worse. Uh, maybe sometimes I’ll have a relatively, uh, mild case of wheezing, but if I get real infectious, uh, I’m wheezing a lot. Uh, then I’ll be coughing a lot, so it-it’s hard to break down as to when, you know. It’s just hard to explain.” | Response options categorized as: |
• Mild | ||
• Moderate | ||
• Severe | ||
• Very Severe |