Table 2.

Examples of coding strategy

Quotation	Code	Sub-category	Category	Main area
Disgusting and you feel all the time this, why didn’t I do anything, why didn’t I do more (Fia)	It was disgusting. Why didn’t I do more.	Shame and self-regret when a patient had been exposed to risk of injury	Persistent distress after the incident	Emotions evoked by an incident
I thought it was I who caused it, as I didn’t walk in to his room when he was at the toilet, could I have avoid it (Vera)	I caused it or I could have avoid it
Permanent, actually. It (the pain) has impacted on my whole life (Greta)	Pain impacts on the whole life	Sadness over being injured at work
I can’t say it’s a success story because I would rather be without it, so to speak. It still hurts when I do something stupid (Frida)	Incident no success story. Still suffering from pain.