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. 2014 Jun 11;6(5):204–218. doi: 10.5539/gjhs.v6n5p204

Table 4.

Audit trail example from codes to themes in the content area ‘diabetes perception’ in women

FGD analysis Women
Codes Diabetes is a disease among wealthy family, ‘Dry sugar’ patients often hospitalized Unhealed wound caused amputation Diabetes and heart disease is related,
Diabetes is diseases of prosperity Money is needed to survive with diabetes It is scary to have unhealed wound Diabetes and heart disease cause death
Poor people rarely have sugar disease Diabetes care is expensive Many people has diabetes ended up with death Bad diet cause complications
Wealthy people tend to have sugar disease Diabetes treatment cause family economy burden We do not know about diabetes until we get sick Sugar disease invite other diseases
Low economy people tend to be careless about their body (disease) Wealthy people can directly find health care Diabetes recognized when having wound, Uncertainty: diabetes developed to heart disease (?)
Sub-categories Disease of prosperity Diabetes care requires money Diabetes has unrecognized symptom that may end up with amputation and death Diabetes cause complications
Categories A disease for ‘the wealthy’ A silent disease with ‘terrifying’ effects
Theme A visible and scary sugar disease that can be blamed by modern lifestyle