Table 3.

Description of Qualitative Analysis Phases [adapted from Braun and Clarke (56)].

Thematic analysis phase	Description of phase
1. Familiarization with the data	The researcher engaged with and became familiar with the data, including reading and re-reading, taking note of any observations.
2. Coding	Labels were created for significant features of the data that were relevant to the overarching research question directing the analysis, thus aimed to encapsulate a semantic and conceptual reading of the data.
3. Searching for themes	A search for meaningful patterns within the data was conducted whereby themes were interpreted and constructed to be collated into coded data.
4. Reviewing themes	Themes were verified to fit in relation to the coded extracts and the full dataset. Themes were placed together, split into multiple other themes, or abandoned all together.
5. Defining and naming themes	A detailed analysis of each theme was completed that involved pinpointing the core meaning of each theme and then providing an explanatory name for each theme.
6. Writing up a report	This consisted of bringing together the analytic narrative and data extracts that informed the researcher of a clear story about the data, and related back to the existing literature.