READ ME File For 'Anonymised Data Underpinning Thesis Exploring Pilates Relationships'



Dataset DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/D1732



ReadMe Author: NICOLA CLARE GODFREY, University of Southampton, ORCID 0000-0002-1949-021X



This dataset supports the thesis entitled 'An Exploration of the Relationship between Pilates Teachers and Clients with Persistent Low Back Pain'

AWARDED BY: University of Southampton

DATE OF AWARD: 2021



DESCRIPTION OF THE DATA

Data include interview transcripts, fieldnotes and analytical coding underpinning an ethnographically-informed study exploring the relationship between 
Pilates teachers and clients with persitent low back pain. Additionally, Participant Information Sheets and blank Consent Forms are included.

The research consisted of a multi-site design, with one researcher visiting eight different Pilates sites in the South of England to collect data. 
Participants in the study were Pilates teachers and their clients. 
The sites comprised the places where participating Pilates teachers practiced, and included Pilates studios, village halls or the teachers’ own homes. 
At each site, data collection involved researcher observation of Pilates mat or equipment classes or one-to-one sessions, 
in order to gain understanding of everyday interactions in a Pilates context. 
Thereafter, data collection continued with semi-structured interviews of the Pilates teachers and participating clients with persistent low back pain.
Data from transcribed interviews and fieldnotes were analysed using a thematic analysis approach, with NVIVO used for coding data.

Documents are in Word format, except analytical coding, which requires QSR International's NVivo Software to open. 



This dataset contains:


19 x participant interview transcripts (pseudonyms used)
11 x fieldnote documents
4 x Participant Information Sheets
4 x blank Consent Forms
1 x NVivo project (data coding)



Date of data collection: April 2017 - April 2018



Information about geographic location of data collection: Data collected in South of England


Data accessibility:
Due to ethical concerns, supporting data cannot be made publicly available. 
Bona fide researchers, subject to registration and ethical approval may request supporting data via University of Southampton repository https://doi.org/10.5258/SOTON/D1732.
Details of ethical restrictions behind these data: Supporting interview and fieldnote data have been anonymised using pseudonyms and removing direct identifiers; 
however, it is considered that there may still be a risk of re-identification through indirect identifiers. 
Removal of all indirect identifiers may remove valuable information from the data, and have therefore been kept. 
In order to protect participant confidentiality access is therefore restricted to bona fide researchers. 
University of Southampton Ethics Committee (Ethics ID: 24796).



Date that the file was created: February, 2021