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. 2020 Feb 21;20:131. doi: 10.1186/s12913-020-4991-3

Table 2.

Themes and categories with code frequency and type of response

Interviews Focus Groups Total
Positive Neutral Negative Positive Neutral Negative Positive Neutral Negative
Hospitalization procedure 102 35 137
 Emergency Room admission 0 (0%) 14 (63.6%) 8 (36.4%) 22 0 (0%) 4 (57.1%) 3 (42.9%) 7 0 (0%) 18 (62.1%) 11 (37.9%) 29
 Hospital Stay 0 (0%) 8 (100%) 0 (0%) 8 1 (25%) 3 (75%) 0 (0%) 4 1 (8.3%) 11 (91.7%) 0 (0%) 12
 Hospital discharge 3 (6.5%) 42 (91.3%) 1 (2.2%) 46 0 (0%) 10 (100%) 0 (0%) 8 3 (5.6%) 50 (92.6%) 1 (1.9%) 54
 in-hospital procedures 2 (7.7%) 21 (80.8%) 3 (11.5%) 26 1 (6.3%) 14 (87.5%) 1 (6.3%) 16 3 (7.1%) 35 (83.3%) 4 (9.5%) 42
Health literacy around patient’s condition 118 51 169
 Background 0 (0%) 23 (100%) 0 (0%) 23 0 (0%) 20 (100%) 0 (0%) 20 0 (0%) 43 (100%) 0 (0%) 43
 Diagnose 0 (0%) 37 (97.4%) 1 (2.6%) 38 0 (0%) 14 (100%) 0 (0%) 14 0 (0%) 51 (98.1%) 1 (1.9%) 52
 Disease improvement 0 (0%) 12 (100%) 0 (0%) 13 1 (20%) 4 (80%) 0 (0%) 4 1 (5.9%) 16 (94.1%) 0 (0%) 17
 Knowledge about symptoms 0 (0%) 13 (100%) 0 (0%) 13 0 (0%) 4 (100%) 0 (0%) 4 0 (0%) 17 (100%) 0 (0%) 17
 Poor knowledge 0 (0%) 29 (96.7%) 1 (3.3%) 31 0 (0%) 8 (88.9%) 1 (11.1%) 9 0 (0%) 37 (94.9%) 2 (5.1%) 40
Information content 163 41 204
 Information on the admission 4 (12.5%) 27 (84.4%) 1 (3.1%) 37 2 (20%) 8 (80%) 0 (0%) 11 6 (14.3%) 35 (83.3%) 1 (2.4%) 48
 Information provided by physician 3 (5.7%) 49 (92.5%) 1 (1.9%) 53 2 (12.5%) 12 (75%) 2 (12.5%) 16 5 (7.2%) 61 (88.4%) 3 (4.3%) 69
 Understanding of the information 6 (9.5%) 53 (84.1%) 4 (6.3%) 63 1 (9.1%) 9 (81.1%) 1 (9.1%) 11 7 (9.5%) 62 (83.8%) 5 (6.8%) 74
 Lack of information 0 (0%) 8 (100%) 2 (20%) 10 0 (0%) 3 (100%) 0 (0%) 3 0 (0%) 11 (84.6%) 2 (14.5%) 13
Satisfaction 85 37 122
 Satisfaction with healthcare professionals 25 (89.3%) 0 (0%) 3 (10.7%) 28 5 (71.4%) 0 (0%) 3 (28.6%) 7 30 (85.7%) 0 (0%) 5 (14.3%) 35
 Satisfaction with services 19 (86.4%) 1 (4.5%) 2 (9.1%) 22 2 (66.7%) 0 (0%) 1 (33.3%) 3 21 (84%) 1 (4%) 3 (12%) 25
 Complaints 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 12 (100%) 12 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 20 (100%) 20 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 32 (100%) 32
 Discomfort 0 (0%) 21 (91.3%) 2 (8.7%) 23 0 (0%) 5 (71.4%) 2 (28.6%) 7 0 (0%) 26 (86.7%) 4 (13.3%) 30
Professional-patient relationship 48 17 65
 Trust with the professional 0 (0%) 5 (100%) 0 (0%) 5 1 (25%) 3 (75%) 0 (0%) 4 1 (11.1%) 8 (88.9%) 0 (0%) 9
 Shared decision making 0 (0%) 6 (100%) 0 (0%) 6 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 0 (0%) 6 (100%) 0 (0%) 6
 Professional care 0 (0%) 26 (100%) 0 (0%) 26 0 (0%) 11 (100%) 0 (0%) 11 0 (0%) 37 (100%) 0 (0%) 37
Patient proactivity 25 10 35
 Family context 1 (16.7%) 5 (83.3%) 0 (0%) 6 0 (0%) 3 (100%) 0 (0%) 3 1 (11.1%) 8 (88.9%) 0 (0%) 9
 Behaviour & attitude 1 (5.3%) 18 (94.7%) 0 (0%) 19 1 (14.3%) 6 (85.7%) 0 (0%) 7 2 (7.7%) 24 (92.3%) 0 (0%) 26