Table 3.
Identification of themes from inductive coding
| Overarching theme | Themes | Salient codes |
|---|---|---|
| Inability to make sense of pain | Damage beliefs underlying fear | Damage beliefs |
| Suffering/functional loss beliefs underlying fear | Suffering/functional loss beliefs | |
| LBP threat | Pain predictability | |
| Pain controllability | ||
| Pain intensity | ||
| Negative past experience of pain | Negative past experience of pain | |
| Societal back beliefs | Societal beliefs | |
| Family beliefs | ||
| Process of seeking diagnostic certainty | Diagnostic uncertainty | |
| Negative information HCP | ||
| Conflicting information | ||
| Scans | ||
| Repeated experience of failure to control pain | Failed treatment | |
| Repeated goal failures | ||
| Persistence behaviour |
HCP, healthcare professional; LBP, low back pain.