Table 2.
Overview themes and subthemes
| Patient experiences with the treatment | Subthemes |
|---|---|
| Positive experiences of the treatment | Experienced physical effects |
| Comfort | |
| Therapeutic relationship | |
| Receiving information | |
| Learning about the brain | |
| No burden of added TMS treatment session | |
| No unpleasant aspects | |
| Concerns | Effects of stimulation of the brain |
| Equipment (chair and coil) | |
| Logistics | |
| Participation in an RCT | |
| General experience of recovery | |
| Experienced psychological effects | Grateful |
| Sense of purpose | |
| Recovery as extra motivation to exercise | |
| Disappointment and hope of group allocation | |
| Motivation to participate | Personal benefit and cognitions |
| Altruism | |