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. 2014 Sep 4;9(9):e105450. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105450

Table 1. Interview Topic Guide.

Questions Probing questions
Tell me about your pain? What is the cause of your pain?
How long have you had the pain?
How would you describe your pain?
Have you experienced pain before?
Has the cause of your pain been diagnosed?
Who provided the diagnosis?
How do you feel about the diagnosis?
Is your pain comparable to anything else?
What is your first memory of pain?
Can you tell what it's like to live with pain? What was your life like before the pain started?
What effect has pain had on your life?
How does pain make you feel?
Do you think that getting older has affected your pain at all?
Do you think your pain has affected the way you have aged?
What treatments have you been offered for pain? Who offered the treatment?
Is there anything else that you feel might help your pain?
What helps to relieve your pain? What about prescribed medicine?
What about complementary therapy?
What about other?
What do you know about chronic pain? Where did you find out this information?
How helpful was information you received?
If you wanted to find out more, how would you do that/who would you ask?
Any other comments?