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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Transcult Nurs. 2014 Nov 17;27(3):233–240. doi: 10.1177/1043659614558454

Table 1.

Interview Guide.

Questions to guide focus groups on pain management for American Indians and Alaska Natives:

  1. How do people in your communitya describe pain/discomfort/distress?

  2. How do people in your community express pain/discomfort/distress? Or, how do you know when someone in your community is experiencing pain/discomfort/distress?

  3. What causes pain/discomfort/distress?

  4. What do people in your community do to treat pain/discomfort/distress?

  5. What do health care providers need to know about your community in order to better help treat community members who have pain/discomfort/distress?

  6. Have you heard of ways to treat pain/discomfort/distress that your health care provider has not mentioned? If so, what are they?

  7. Are there ways to treat pain/discomfort/distress that people in your community would like to know more about? If so, what are they?

  8. Does your community have any stories about pain/discomfort/distress that you would like to share?

  9. Any other suggestions or ideas?
a

Based on previous experience conducting pain research with American Indians and Alaska Natives communities, the discussion of pain was not directed to the interviewees, but rather on a more abstract discussion of “people from your community” to avoid unintentionally bring the pain spirit on the person who was speaking.