READ ME File For 'Empathico Feasibility Trial Interview Transcripts' Dataset DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/D3441 Date that the file was created: March, 2025 ------------------- GENERAL INFORMATION ------------------- ReadMe Author: FELICITY BISHOP, University of Southampton [0000-0002-8737-6662 ] Date of data collection: 2020 Information about geographic location of data collection: England Related projects: Expectation Management for Patients in Primary Care: Developing and Feasibility Testing a New Digital Intervention for Practitioners; Tip Study 2: Testing the effects of communication skills e-learning for practitioners on patients’ musculoskeletal pain and enablement -------------------------- SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION -------------------------- Licenses/restrictions placed on the data, or limitations of reuse: The data is available on request only to Bone Fide researchers with ethical clearance. Please complete the attached request from and send to researchdata@soton.ac.uk Recommended citation for the data: Felicity L Bishop, Jeremy Howick, Jane Vennik, Jennifer Bostock, Paul Little, Christian Mallen, Leanne Morrison, Mary Steele, Beth Stuart, Stephanie Hughes, Kirsten Smith, Mohana Ratnapalan, Emily Lyness, Hajira Dambha-Miller, Riya Tiwari, Clare Lockyer-Stevens, Hazel Everitt. (2025). Empathico Feasibility Trial Clinician Interview Excerpts. This dataset supports the publication: AUTHORS: Felicity L Bishop, Jeremy Howick, Jane Vennik, Jennifer Bostock, Paul Little, Christian Mallen, Leanne Morrison, Mary Steele, Beth Stuart, Stephanie Hughes, Kirsten Smith, Mohana Ratnapalan, Emily Lyness, Hajira Dambha-Miller, Riya Tiwari, Clare Lockyer-Stevens, Hazel Everitt TITLE: Feasibility trial of a new digital training package to enhance primary care practitioners’ communication of clinical empathy and realistic optimism JOURNAL: Plos One PAPER DOI IF KNOWN: Links to other publicly accessible locations of the data: N/A Links/relationships to ancillary or related data sets: -------------------- DATA & FILE OVERVIEW -------------------- This dataset contains: 1 zip file containing interview transcripts from 11 interviews with clinicians and 30 interviews with patients. Copies of the template consent forms are also included. These qualitative interview transcripts were generated during feasibility trial of a new digital training package (EMPathicO) to enhance primary care practitioners’ communication of clinical empathy and realistic optimism. Relationship between files, if important for context: N/A Additional related data collected that was not included in the current data package: Selected anonymised excerpts from these interview transcripts are publicly available. Empathico Feasibility Trial Clinician Interview Excerpts https://doi.org/10.5258/SOTON/D3440. Empathico Feasibility Trial Patient Interview Excerpts https://doi.org/10.5258/SOTON/D3439 If data was derived from another source, list source: N/A If there are multiple versions of the dataset, list the file updated, when and why update was made: N/A -------------------------- METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION -------------------------- Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: Data were collected as part of a study designed to assess the feasibility of a cluster-randomized controlled trial in UK general practice to evaluate effects of a new brief digital learning package in empathy and optimism (EMPathicO) for primary care practitioners. The study ran January to October 2020, with COVID-19 related modifications (mostly, practitioner and patient data had to be collected separately) from March 2020. 9 practices and 12 primary care practitioners recruited from UK (Southern England, Midlands). 12 practitioners completed EMPathicO training and 11 completed qualitative audio-recorded semi-structured telephone interview, conducted by 1 of 2 female postdoctorate researchers. Interviews were anonymised on transcription by trained supervised students. Interviews lasted between 14 and 32 minutes. The topic guide comprised open-ended questions used flexibly to explore practitioners’ experiences and perceptions of barriers and facilitators to implementing the trial and to accessing and implementing EMPathicO. 437 patients recruited through social media completed web-based questionnaires at baseline (<2 weeks post-consultation) and 2-week follow-up. We invited by email a purposefully varied sample of 66 patient survey respondents to take part in a telephone interview, aiming to include people with a range of age, gender, ethnicity, education level, pain condition and OA, consultation modality (telephone, face-to-face or multiple) and practitioner profession. Thirty-three people responded to invitations, and 3 declined (without giving reasons). 30 purposively sampled patients completed qualitative audio-recorded semi-structured telephone interview, conducted by 1 of 3 female postdoctorate researchers. Interviews were anonymised on transcription by a professional service. Interviews lasted between 15 and 43 minutes. The topic guide, developed and piloted by the study team, comprised open-ended questions about experiences of the consultation, perceptions of practitioner empathy and optimism, and experiences of the survey. Participants were encouraged to elaborate on their views and experiences of recent primary care consultations. The feasibility study was registered on ISRCTN: https://doi.org.10.1186/ISRCTN21215037. Methods for processing the data: Qualitative interviews were transcribed verbatim, identifying details were removed and names replaced with pseudonyms. Thematic analysis was applied to the interviews, to identify barriers and facilitators to recruitment and retention and to explore the relevance, feasibility and acceptability of the outcome and process measures. Multiple researchers were involved in the qualitative analysis to guard against idiosyncratic or overly selective coding. Software- or Instrument-specific information needed to interpret the data, including software and hardware version numbers: NVivo version 14 (Lumivero, Denver, CO) was used to facilitate coding, organise qualitative data, and maintain an audit trail of the analysis. Standards and calibration information, if appropriate: N/A Environmental/experimental conditions: Data were collected in 2020, immediately preceding and during the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns in England. Describe any quality-assurance procedures performed on the data: Multiple researchers were involved in the qualitative analysis to guard against idiosyncratic or overly selective coding. Audit trail captured using NVivo. People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission: Felicity L Bishop, Jane Vennik, Mary Steele, Stephanie Hughes, Kirsten Smith, Hazel Everitt. -------------------------- DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION -------------------------- Number of variables: N/A Number of cases/rows: N/A Variable list, defining any abbreviations, units of measure, codes or symbols used: N/A Missing data codes: N/A Specialized formats or other abbreviations used: N/A