Table 1.

Phases and stages of theme development in qualitative content and thematic analysis (Vaismoradi et al., 2016).

Phases	Stages of each phase
Initialisation	1. Reading transcripts and highlighting meaning units;
	2. Coding and looking for abstractions in participants' accounts;
	3. Writing reflective notes.
Construction	1. Classifying; comparing;
	2. Labelling; translating & transliterating;
	3. Defining & describing.
Rectification	1. Immersion and distancing;
	2. Relating themes to established knowledge;
	3. Stabilising.
Finalisation	1. Developing the story line.