Themes

Sub-themes

Quotes

Communication

1) Nurses communication with patients

2) Therapeutic relationship

Medical team interpretation of genuine pain

1) Medical team response to patient

2) Addiction concern

In emergency department am hearing a lots of words, praying not to her it such as he came for morphine & his sister will follow him

Emotional disturbance during crisis

1) Depression

2) Temper during pain

3) Emotional disturbance being sick

When am having the crisis, I feel I am different person not like other people and am continuously repeat why I am different than others

Social relationship between patient, family and friends

1) Cultural impact

2) Community health

When am having sever pain, I want my family not my friends

I am feeling shy that my friends seeing me sick/having pain

Accident and Emergency waiting time

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While entering accident and emergency, they are taking long time before starting treatment

Hospital environment

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Restraints

1) Work limitation

2) School limitation

3) Social limitation

once I did interview to work in a company, and they reject me because of my sickness and I am depressed

Post discharge status

1) Symptoms

2) Duration

after discharge, am still experience pain for several days, exhausted, sleepy and insomnia

Every time after discharge, I will not be able to sleep for two days

Spiritual and Islamic activities

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I get disoriented with the time due of severe pain and I cant get out of the bed which affect my prayer

Physical abilities

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I cant carry heavy items at home because am afraid that I will get backache and backache is the worst pain I experience it

Pain

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Am also getting back pain but lower and upper extremities is the most frequent pain which am experience it during crisis

Self-awareness

1) Crisis triggers

2) Pain management at home

am not taking medication because it is causing renal failure, doctors told me

Others

1) Attitude

2) leaving hospital against medical advice