Table 3.
Co-Occurrence of Codes Which Emerged from the Patient Focus Groups: Needs and Experiences/Perceptions
| N1 | N2 | N3 | N4 | N5 | N6 | N7 | P1 | P2 | P3 | P4 | P5 | P6 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M1. Indication of surgery | 41 | - | - | 6 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 13 | - | 5 | - |
| M2. Decision making | 4 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | - | 1 | - |
| M3. Pre-anaesthesia | 10 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 3 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - |
| M4. Waiting period | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | - |
| M5. Preparation for surgery | 7 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| M6. Admission | 2 | 3 | 3 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 2 |
| M7. Transfer to surgical area | - | - | 6 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | - |
| M8. Surgical room and surgery | 7 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | 16 | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | - |
| M9. Anaesthesia induction | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| M10. Awakening | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 2 | - | 2 | - | - |
| M11. Post-surgery (1): before discharge | 21 | 41 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 11 |
| M12. Post-surgery (2): discharge day | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| M13. Post-surgery (3): at home | 30 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 7 | - |
| M14. Post-surgery (4): outcome of the intervention | 9 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - |
Notes: Definitions of N1 to N7 and P1 to P6 are displayed in Table 2. Data are presented as the number of times an inductive code (needs or experiences/perceptions) was associated with a deductive code (specific moments of the perioperative process) during patients’ discourse. The gray scale identifies the most frequent co-occurrences- (-) means no co-occurrence