Table 2.

Process of Hermeneutic Interpretation

Stagea	Process
1	Examine each original text (interview) to gain overall understanding.
2	Identify common themes from text to support interpretation of meaning.
3	Meet collectively as a research team to compare interpretations for similarities and differences, returning to text for clarification and further interpretation.
4	Reread all original text to link themes and determine exemplar quotations.
5	Develop constitutive pattern demonstrating interrelationship of themes across text.
6	Validate findings by sharing results with participants and comparing with literature.
7	Produce final manuscript with practical implications to be disseminated and validated by reader.

^aAlthough listed in a stepwise manner for ease of understanding, this process is dynamic, and often steps are addressed nonlinearly.^27,28