Table 3.

Example of how a statement was coded and informed the development of categories

Statement	Code	Category
The first thing I thought of was the physical health. And then I thought of what I- where I was physically, in terms of my physical performance last year at about the same time.. And then I would say it’s a little worse now when it comes to my endurance (..). But I am stronger than I was then	Participants thought of: their own previous health and experiences to enable assessment of current health	Using personal, interpersonal, or normative comparators to make assessment of one’s own health