"KneechatData:Conversational Dataset from TKA Patient Interviews"

"This dataset contains transcribed and annotated excerpts from 41 semi-structured preoperative interviews with patients on the waiting list for total knee arthroplasty (TKA). The corpus comprises 635 utterances (segments), annotated with utterance type, thematic categories and an valence score. Origin and data collectionInterviews were conducted by trained research staff at Hospital Costa del Sol (M\u00e1laga, Spain). Conversations were recorded, transcribed verbatim, and segmented into utterances. Of the 635 segments, 226 were labeled as Spontaneous Comment and 55 as Explicit Question; the remainder were marked Clinically Irrelevant.Variables (main columns)Patient ID \u2014 pseudonymized patient identifier (e.g., P_1).Utterance (Spanish) \u2014 transcribed text of the segment in Spanish.Utterance Type \u2014 Spontaneous Comment \/ Explicit Question \/ Clinically Irrelevant.Categories \"Explicit Question\" \u2014 thematic label(s) for questions (e.g., Logistics & waiting times, Recovery process).Categories \"Spontaneous Comment\" \u2014 thematic label(s) for comments (e.g., Pain & complications, Daily routine, Fear \/ worry \/ anxiety).Valence Score \u2014 continuous saentiment valence (float, \u22121.0 to +1.0).Valence Category \u2014 discretized valence label derived from Valence Score."