Elicitation of stakeholder viewpoints about medical cannabis research for pain management in critically ill ventilated patients: A Q-methodology study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine acceptability of medical cannabis research in critically ill patients.

Design

Q-methodology survey.

Setting

Convenience sample of healthcare providers and the general public were recruited at an acute care community hospital in Ontario, Canada.

Participants

In the first phase, 63 respondents provided 197 unique viewpoints in response to a topic statement about medical cannabis use in critically ill patients. Twenty-five viewpoints were selected for the q-sample. In the second phase, 99 respondents ranked these viewpoints according to an a priori quasi normal distribution ranging from +4 (most agree) to -4 (least agree). Factor analysis was combined with comments provided by survey respondents to label and describe the extracted factors.<

SUBMITTER: DiDiodato G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7971896 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature