| ASD | Autism Spectrum Disorder |
| COREQ | Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Research |
| DSM-5 | Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders |
| EIR | nursing residents |
| HUMIC | Hospital Universitario Materno Infantil de Canarias |
| MIR | medical residents |
| MU | Meaning Units |
| TCAE | auxiliary nursing care technicians |