Pain expectations, experiences and coping strategies used by post-operative patients: A descriptive phenomenological study

• Richard Sakyi ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: sakyi.rs@gmail.com

  Affiliation Nursing and Midwifery Training College, Sunyani, Bono Region, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0768-3724

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• Edward Appiah Boateng,

  Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Nursing, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ashanti Region, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1000-8076

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• Abigail Kusi-Amponsah Diji,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Nursing, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ashanti Region, Ghana

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• Kenneth Adjei Afful,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Nursing and Midwifery Training College, Sunyani, Bono Region, Ghana

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• Vincent Afriyie Nimoh,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research Unit.Sunyani Teaching Hospital, Sunyani, Bono Region, Ghana

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• Philomena Asakeboba Ajanaba,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Nursing, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Northern Region, Ghana.

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• Mabel Dorothy Adjei,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Nursing and Midwifery Training College, Sunyani, Bono Region, Ghana

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• Felix Apiribu,

  Roles Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Nursing, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ashanti Region, Ghana

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• Veronica Millicent Dzomeku

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Nursing, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ashanti Region, Ghana

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