MacDonald Caroline, Burton Maria, Carachi Robert, O'Toole Stuart
School of MVLS, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom.
Royal Hospital for Children, 1345 Govan Rd, Glasgow G51 4TF, United Kingdom.
Data Brief. 2020 Aug 4;32:106106. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2020.106106. eCollection 2020 Oct.
Evidence shows young men have poor outcomes from testicular torsion directly attributable to delay in presentation to hospital [1]. Only a third to a half of adolescents present within 6 h with testicular pain, [2,3] There is poor understanding of why adolescents delay in presenting with testicular pain. The authors started without an a-priori hypothesis and designed a thematic qualitative research protocol to explore the phenomena is a naturalistic setting [4,5] . Sixteen young men (11-19 years) and their parents or guardians underwent semi-structured interviews, directed by a topic guide which evolved with subsequent interview findings. Young men were recruited from out of school clubs to minimise the bias associated with schools or hospital recruitment, and were naïve to testicular disease. Verbatim transcriptions were coded, categories and themes formed and final concepts derived utilising a framework methodology. The figure included shows the initial topic guide. The data tables presented show the emergent themes and the final code book. The authors have utilised the analysis to explore the factors impeding young men in presenting early to hospital with testicular pain [6]. The authors feel the data tables and raw data will be of interest to other researchers interested in adolescent health, health access, public health, linguistics and healthcare qualitative methodology.
有证据表明，年轻男性睾丸扭转的预后较差，这直接归因于他们延迟前往医院就诊[1]。只有三分之一到一半的青少年在出现睾丸疼痛6小时内就医，[2,3]对于青少年为何延迟就医，人们了解甚少。作者并未预先设定假设，而是设计了一个主题定性研究方案，在自然环境中探究这一现象[4,5]。16名年龄在11至19岁的年轻男性及其父母或监护人接受了半结构化访谈，访谈由一份主题指南引导，该指南根据后续访谈结果不断完善。从校外俱乐部招募年轻男性，以尽量减少与学校或医院招募相关的偏差，且他们对睾丸疾病并不了解。访谈内容逐字记录、编码，形成类别和主题，并运用框架方法得出最终概念。所展示的图表为初始主题指南。所呈现的数据表显示了浮现的主题和最终编码手册。作者利用该分析探究了阻碍年轻男性早期因睾丸疼痛前往医院就诊的因素[6]。作者认为，这些数据表和原始数据将对其他关注青少年健康、医疗服务可及性、公共卫生、语言学和医疗保健定性方法的研究人员有吸引力。
