Table 5.

Theme 3: Lack of Connection

Quotation Number (Qx)	Quote
Q1	“The thing is, there’s one Assault Center, but everyone is working separately together and there’s no building where we meet each other. Everyone works in their own place, so I’d like to feel more contact (…) see their faces [of the professionals I am working with].” – 3
Q2	“Sexual assault happens a lot. So sometimes it feels like we [care providers] are fighting a losing battle. (…) That makes me feel powerless. (…) I wish care for sexual assault victims would be much less needed.” – 8
Q3	“There are some intense cases you want to share because they can have quite an impact [on your mental health]. And I think that if you can share these cases with a colleague, it will be more appealing to be involved with this patient group.” – 11
Q4	“We do have their phone number, (…) but they have other tasks and when they are seeing patients, they won’t pick up the phone. (…) So now I have to send them an email telling them to call me, and I think that’s complicated.” – 10
Q5	“To be honest, it’s a black box to me what happens after the patient [victim] leaves [the ED]. I just don’t know.” – 7