Table 3.

Item Mapping of participant quotations to BPI-sf “Worst Pain” (Item 3): Pleural participants (n = 19)

Item	Supporting information	Relevant quotes
Item 3: Please rate your pain by marking an “X” in the appropriate box that best describes your pain at its worst in the last 24 h.	6 participants were able to describe how they would rate their “worst pain” on the BPI-sf item 3;	“Uh, so if you’d asked me two days ago maybe I would’ve said my pain in my stomach was a—a 2 or a 3 as a constant—a constant pain.” (002–010)
	9 participants described their “worst pain” in the past 24 h during the CI portion of the interview	”.sometimes I get sharp – sharp shooting pains, stabbing pains. Sometimes it lasts a minute, sometimes it lasts five minutes. But on average, it is – it is, ah, it is as much as it could be.” (002–005)