Table 2.
Rapid-analysis episode profile template
| Brief summary of transcript (three to six sentences describing highlights and overall experience) |
| Chronic cough criteria: Providers’ perception of the definition of and criteria for chronic cough (e.g., duration of cough, consistency) |
| Conditions of chronic cough: Provider identified conditions that make chronic cough more likely to occur or can cause chronic cough, including patients who may be more at risk for having a chronic cough (e.g., those with gastroesophageal reflux disease, allergies, asthma, postnasal drip, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, smokers) |
| A. Psychogenic component: Providers’ experience with, and thoughts regarding, the perceived psychogenic cause of cough |
| Prevalence of chronic cough: Providers’ perception of how often they see chronic cough in practice |
| Medical evaluation: The processes and procedures used to assess and diagnose chronic cough (e.g., medical history, physical examination, diagnostic testing, referral) |
| Medical treatments and provider’s advice: |
| • Home-based recommendations: Home-based remedies that providers recommend to patients to manage cough, such as over-the-counter medications, elevating the head of the bed, adjusting meal times, restricting diet, weight loss, and smoking cessation |
| • Helpfulness of prescribed treatments: The extent to which prescribed treatments are helpful in treating chronic cough, and what makes treatments more or less effective (e.g., compliance, knowing the cause of the cough) |
| Providers’ confidence |
| • Identifying cause: The extent to which providers feel they are successful in identifying the cause of the chronic cough |
| • Treating chronic cough: The extent to which providers feel successful in treating the chronic cough |
| Clinical guidelines for chronic cough: Providers’ knowledge of, or usage of, clinical guidelines in their practice for evaluating and treating chronic cough |
| Additional resources: Supports or resources suggested by providers that would be helpful in treating patients with chronic cough, or would be helpful to patients in managing their chronic cough |
| Quotable quotes: Poignant quotes that highlight providers’ experiences, knowledge, or thoughts about treating and evaluating patients with chronic cough |
| Understanding effects on patients: Providers’ expressing their understanding of how chronic cough affects patients’ lives |
| Emergent themes: Recurrent themes identified upon further analysis of transcripts that are not represented with the current codebook |