Table 4.

Entries related to the ICU diary being Accepted and Appreciated

Themes	Concepts	Entries
New concept	Appreciative the novelty of concept	1A BROTHER: I like the cover, protection design and photos. 9A BROTHER: It’s a great idea and effort. 15B SISTER: It is like a gift from the hospital. 15C BROTHER: As it is a new thing, it feels good. 15B SISTER: A new experience for me. I thank my sister (the ICU patient) that because of her I could experience something like this.
	Reliving (Photographs)	1C BROTHER: I liked my brother’s photo. Others: Reminded me how he came back from the ‘mouth of death’
	A feeling of continuity	3B SISTER: It had been printed like a magazine. Others: It is like a daily television serial, story unfolding. For me it is a newspaper telling me of my loved one A book about my brother!
	Exploring colours and creative writing material	9B SISTER: Colored papers are attractive. Creative writing material 9B SISTER: Colored photos are attractive. 9C SISTER: I have written in colored pen and paper like senior doctors and nurses. 28B Daughter: I have written about the coloured paper and colored pen to my father.
Emotional Support	Unburdening Oneself	1C SISTER: As I could express myself so I felt light. 3B DAUGHTER: Before and during writing I cried. After entry I felt unburdened. 7A WIFE: I felt I could express my emotion and feelings directly in front of him. 8A SON: I have written everything emotionally and this helped me feel light /unburdened. 9B SISTER: I felt very happy and unburdened. But during writing I felt like crying. 16B BROTHER: Felt relieved and unburdened by writing in it.
	Express Deep Hopes and faith	3B DAUGHTER: I wrote about father’s recovery and how I want father to get well soon. 1B BROTHER: I just need him to be a good human and live a healthy life for his family. 7A WIFE: I wrote that he should get better because I want him to improve with everyone’s efforts. 7B BROTHER: I wrote encouraging words for my brother to get better. 18A DAUGHTER: Hope of mother’s recovery.
	Assuage Guilt	18A SON: I had written all my feelings about my mother; I want to be a good son of her. 31A DAUGHTER: Felt shy to write. If I had written everything, I would have asked for her forgiveness because I have many fights with mother, good or bad. When she was in ICU, I missed these times.