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. 2015 Oct 2;10(10):e0139690. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0139690

Table 2. The five steps for the analysis according to empirical phenomenological psychology (EPP) by G. Karlsson (11).

Analysis steps Content
1. Good grasp Perusal of all the transcribed interviews to understand the whole
2. Meaning units Classification of the interview text in meaningful units where a shift in meaning was identified in accordance to the purpose of the study
3. Eidetic induction Eidetic interpretation was done from the participants everyday language to find the characteristics of the phenomena in the narratives by the participants
4. Situated contexture Summary of the meaning units into a whole in order to describe how the phenomenon is lived and what the phenomenon is
5. Finally: result in general characteristics and typology First, a specific description for each interview to compare thereafter the detailed interview subtitles with each other to achieve a general or a typical description of the phenomenon