Table 4.

Codebook for inductive thematic analysis by level of analysis

Level of analysis	Categories	Subcategories	Codes	Subcodes
Answer to the opening question of the interview
	Not applicable (N/A)	N/A	Personal disease stories	N/A
	N/A	N/A	Family history of breast cancer	N/A
	N/A	N/A	Reflections on risk (reliability and nature of statistical information)	N/A
Across cases analysis
	Illness experience	N/A	Family history of breast cancer	Mother
		N/A		Sister
		N/A		Other female relative
		N/A		Friend
		N/A		Mother death
		N/A	Family history of other diseases	N/A
	Risk	N/A	Remembered about risk score	Number
		N/A		Gist (average, above average, below average)
		N/A	Perception of breast cancer risk	High
		N/A		Low
		N/A	Reflection on risk (reliability and nature of statistical information)	Will get disease
	Medicines	N/A	Medication intake	Side effects
		N/A	Effects of medicine intake	Bodily effects
		N/A		Psychological effects
		N/A	Being pro-active	N/A
	HCP/Clinic – woman relationship	N/A	Counselling	Discussion of side effects
Person-by-person analysis
	Decision making	Deliberate decision	To have a choice
			Weighing risks	Tamoxifen
				Experiences with drugs in general
				Assumptions/Experiences with other implicated diseases
		Intuitive decision	Clear-cut case	N/A
			Something decides for you
			Best option
			I have to