Patient experiences
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2026
Financial Burden in Adults With Chronic Illness in Switzerland: A Secondary Analysis of Qualitative Interviews Using Natural Language Processing and Topic Modeling
Abstract Background:Chronic illness may cause a financial burden that affects patients, their caregivers, and families. While international research, mostly from the United States, has largely focused on cancer-related financial hardship,…
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2025
FINK NLP: A Natural Language Processing Toolkit for Structured Analysis of Multilingual Interview Data
FINK NLP is a modular Jupyter-based pipeline designed for the structured extraction, organization, and analysis of multilingual interview transcripts stored as .docx files. It performs metadata parsing from filenames, text…
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A Mixed-methods Study of Deep Brain Stimulation’s Temporal Impact on Parkinson’s Disease Patients: Insights from Short-, Medium-, and Long-term Experiences
Introduction Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a well-established neurosurgical treatment and is considered the standard of care for refractory Parkinson’s disease (PD). While the evaluation of DBS outcomes is often…
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Women’s Perceptions of the Medicalization of Pregnancy and Their Preferred Models of Care: A Qualitative Analysis
Abstract The concept of women-centered care during pregnancy and childbirth has received increasing attention. It addresses the question of the right degree of medical care during pregnancy. Consequently, it further…
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2024
Soliciting Diaries for “Real-Time” Insights Into the COVID-19 Pandemic: Methodological Reflections on Using Digital Technologies to Engage the Public
Objectives: To discuss the opportunities and challenges of the qualitative solicited diary approach using digital technologies as an innovative way to access insights into people’s lives and their unique stories in…
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Jupyter Notebook for NLP Analyses for PD-DBS interviews
The following code allows to perform NLP analysis (sentiment analysis and semantic networks) of interviews with Parkinson's Disease patients implanted with Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS).
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Cross country analysis of qualitative interviews: Developing a method, a community and an understanding of how Covid has been experienced around the globe
Since early 2020 there have been thousands of papers, reports, analyses, podcasts and media articles documenting each stage of the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as many hundreds of reviews, opinions,…
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2023
Women’s experiences with non-invasive prenatal testing in Switzerland: a qualitative analysis
Background Prenatal genetic testing, in particular non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT), as well as screening for risks associated with pregnancy, and counseling, play pivotal roles in reproductive healthcare, offering valuable information…
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Patient narratives – a still undervalued resource for healthcare improvement
In recent years, patient narratives have attracted increasing attention as a valuable source of insights into the subjective experience of healthcare. This paper outlines a best-practice approach to the collection,…