Table 2.

The Stages of Data Analysis Using the Colaizzi Descriptive Method

Description (Action)	Stage
Video calls, voice calls, and messages using WhatsApp and recording the interviews	Collecting descriptions
Transcribing and re-reading the content to gain a general and in-depth understanding of the participants’ statements	Understanding the depth of meanings
Reviewing the nurses’ explanations and specifying the important sentences	Extracting the important sentences
Extracting the important explanations and giving them meaning with specific concepts (expressing the meaning of the important parts)	Conceptualizing the important themes
The obtained concepts were placed in specific categories (based on the similarity of concepts).	Categorizing the concepts and topics
Clear and unambiguous expression of the description of the phenomenon under study.	Constructing comprehensive descriptions of the topics reviewed
Lincoln and Guba criteria used (credibility, transferability, reliability, and verification)	Validating the findings