Data for: Exercise experiences in patients with metastatic lung cancer: A qualitative approach

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Project Overview The study setting is at an internal chest ward with 52 beds housed in a medical center with 1,500 beds in central Taiwan. This ward is specialized in caring adults with respiratory problems (lung and breathing) in which about 60% of them are lung cancer. Here, an average of two to three hospitalized patients/week with metastatic lung cancer has received diagnostic examinations, treatments, symptom management, or palliative care. A purposeful sampling was used to collect the diversity of exercise experiences in our participants. The inclusion criteria were as follows: (1) older than age 20 years; (2) diagnosed with metastatic lung cancer; (3) spoke Chinese or Taiwanese; (4) had exercise habits or behaviors; (5) admitted in our hospital; and (6) understood the research purpose and agreed to participate in the study. The exclusion criteria were as follows: (1) diagnosed lung cancer with stage I ~ IIIB; (2) not admitted in our hospital; (3) never did exercise before and after cancer diagnosis; (4) refused to participate in the study, (5) declined to audio-recording the interview, and (6) physical conditions were too sick to talk. Each participant was interviewed face-to-face by a trained researcher. One of the authors had approached the eligible inpatients and explained to them the purpose and procedures of this study. After obtaining their written informed consent, background information of each participant was recorded and an interview was scheduled. All interviews were audio-recorded and transcribed within 48 hours. Transcriptions were all de-identified using codes and stored electronically for analyses. The interview transcripts went through a narrative analysis by a group of qualitative research experts to extract and validate the main themes. Three authors were assigned to independently read, repeatedly reflect, constantly compare cancer- and exercise-related words, sentences and situations, and collaboratively discuss narratives to identify the findings consistent with participants’ experiences and semantic expressions.