Table 7.
Domains | Categories | Core ideas |
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- Perception of change after treatment | Positive change perceived (general) | Therapists say the treatment is a very useful treatment for patients |
- Treatment features that have helped them | - Emotional processing (general) - Re-experiencing the experience through the virtual system (typical) - Specific elements or resources of the virtual system that have helped (variant) - Acceptability of the treatment (variant) |
Therapists say that the use of symbols facilitates emotional expression Therapists express that, although re-experiencing can be painful, the system helped them to go through it Therapists state that using pictures and music selected by the patient has a powerful effect on the treatment Therapists say the system provides a safe environment |
- Strategies | - Usability (variant) - Technical features/resources (variant) |
Therapists state that the system should improve the ease of use of the treatment Therapists mention that it would be a good idea to incorporate the emotion thermometer in the system |