Fig. 1.

Thematic map of excessive reassurance seeking for OCD and health anxiety. Note: Each overarching theme is shown in capital letters and bold. Subthemes are presented in either, dark grey, light grey or black color. Dark grey (9 subthemes in total) reflects ‘no difference’; Light grey (3 subthemes in total) reflects ‘some difference’—meaning that both groups found that subtheme to be relevant but in a slightly different way; black (5 subthemes in total) reflects ‘difference’ between the groups—meaning that a considerable higher proportion of participants in one of the groups identified with that theme