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. 2021 Mar 17;24(3):905–916. doi: 10.1111/hex.13233

TABLE 3.

The steps of the analyses

Step 1 The transcribed unit of analysis was read through to get an overview of the content.
Step 2 The unit of analysis was divided into meaning units comprising words, sentences or paragraphs related to each other.
Step 3 The meaning units were condensed without interpretation through the shortening of the text without removing the core meaning of the unit.
Step 4 Each meaning unit was labelled with a code through the interpretation of the underlying meaning.
Step 5 Codes of similar meaning were clustered into subcategories. The initial subcategories were reduced through a back and forward comparison of codes and groups to capture the underlying meaning.
Step 6 Subcategories from the different sources of data were analysed by their latent content and compared in order to form categories based on the underlying meaning of the subcategories.