Table 5.

Expected Impact of a Better Pain Management Strategy?^a

Category	Sub category	N	Example
Improve wellbeing	Change life	9	It would change my life
	Improve activity	18	Make me more active
	Improve mood	9	Feel better mood wise
	Improve sleep	8	Improved sleep duration and pattern
	Improve QoL	11	A much better quality of life
	Impact hobbies	3	Freedom to enjoy daily activities
	Impact social life	2	I could socialize without having to worry I’ll have to return home
	Impact job	1	I would be able to do my job without pain
	Impact daily life	7	Make my life better
	Mental and physical improvement	3	A mental and physical impact
	Decrease symptom burden	2	It would change the outcome of everyday life
To impact management	Reassurance	3	Reassurance that the issue is being addressed
	Control	8	A feeling of being in control
	Knowledge	3	Feel I would be getting all the advice I need
Don’t know		5	Not sure, I will try anything
No qualitative response		17

^a NB: In response to “What impact would a better pain management strategy have?”