Table 2.
Overall word frequency of the 50 most words used during the process of adaptation to NPPV.
| Word | Length | Count | Weighted percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ventilation | 12 | 182 | 0.22% |
| Interview | 9 | 138 | 0.16% |
| Respect | 8 | 125 | 0.15% |
| Deepen | 13 | 104 | 0.12% |
| Illness | 8 | 104 | 0.12% |
| Mask | 8 | 102 | 0.12% |
| Overall | 11 | 102 | 0.12% |
| Exercise | 9 | 101 | 0.12% |
| Difficulty | 10 | 90 | 0.11% |
| Route | 8 | 90 | 0.11% |
| Refers | 9 | 87 | 0.10% |
| Meeting | 8 | 79 | 0.09% |
| Device | 11 | 73 | 0.09% |
| Problems | 8 | 72 | 0.09% |
| Respiratory | 12 | 71 | 0.08% |
| Something | 8 | 69 | 0.08% |
| Reflect | 10 | 69 | 0.08% |
| Could | 8 | 68 | 0.08% |
| Let us do | 8 | 65 | 0.08% |
| Machine | 8 | 65 | 0.08% |
| Nuisance | 8 | 63 | 0.07% |
| Possible | 9 | 63 | 0.07% |
| The oxygen | 10 | 61 | 0.07% |
| Elaborate on | 12 | 59 | 0.07% |
| Relaxation | 12 | 59 | 0.07% |
| Tells | 8 | 56 | 0.07% |
| Salute | 9 | 55 | 0.06% |
| Pathology | 9 | 53 | 0.06% |
| To take | 8 | 53 | 0.06% |
| May be possible | 9 | 52 | 0.06% |
| Adds | 8 | 51 | 0.06% |
| Hospital | 8 | 51 | 0.06% |
| We reflect | 11 | 51 | 0.06% |
| Worried | 11 | 49 | 0.06% |
| Invasive | 8 | 48 | 0.06% |
| To walk | 9 | 46 | 0.05% |
| Possibility | 11 | 45 | 0.05% |
| Recovery | 8 | 45 | 0.05% |
| Medicines | 8 | 44 | 0.05% |
| Showing | 11 | 43 | 0.05% |
| Explore | 10 | 42 | 0.05% |
| Family | 8 | 42 | 0.05% |
| To breath | 9 | 42 | 0.05% |
| Strategies | 9 | 42 | 0.05% |
| Physiotherapy | 12 | 41 | 0.05% |
| Management | 8 | 39 | 0.05% |
| Try | 9 | 38 | 0.04% |
| Mindfulness | 11 | 36 | 0.04% |
| Hard | 9 | 35 | 0.04% |
| Concern | 14 | 35 | 0.04% |