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. 2020 Dec 22;29(7):3849–3856. doi: 10.1007/s00520-020-05945-5

Table 2.

Topics and themes from the qualitative analysis

Topic Themes
Reasons for a specific baseline OPT score

Prioritizing a specific goal

Rating a goal as unimportant

Treatment choices related to goals

Reasons for goal changes during follow-up

Change related to symptoms

Change related to disease course

Change related to life events

Reasons for goal stability during follow-up

Stability related to stable situation

Stability related to disease-unrelated motivation

Stability despite symptoms

Changed goal: most important treatment goal changed or ≥ 1 item changed by ≥ 20 points (scale, 0–100) between OPT-based conversations