Table 2.
Data saturation matrix
| Caregiver impact | Participant number* | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C102 | C101 | C103 | C104 | C105 | C106 | C108 | C107 | C109 | C110 | |
| Physical | ||||||||||
| Tiredness/exhaustion | P | S | S | S | ||||||
| Lifting/carrying | S | S | S | |||||||
| Back pain/aches | S | S | S | |||||||
| Sleep | P | S | P | |||||||
| Emotional | ||||||||||
| Upset/sad | S | P | S | S | S | S | S | |||
| Feeling hopeless | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | ||
| Stress | S | S | S | P | S | S | ||||
| Worry/anxiety | S | S | S | S | P | S | ||||
| Guilt | S | S | ||||||||
| Loneliness/isolation | S | S | ||||||||
| Positive emotions | S | S | S | S | S | |||||
| Time-related | ||||||||||
| No time for self | P | S | S | |||||||
| Appointments/admin | S | S | S | S | S | |||||
| Work | ||||||||||
| Time off work | S | S | P | |||||||
| Reducing hours/stopping hours | P | S | S | S | ||||||
| Flexible/home working | P | S | ||||||||
| Conversations with colleagues | S | |||||||||
| Relationships | ||||||||||
| With partner | S | P | S | S | P | |||||
| Friendships | P | S | S | S | S | |||||
| Social | ||||||||||
| Cancelling plans | S | S | ||||||||
| Limited social life/hobbies | S | S | S | S | ||||||
| Difficulty finding childcare | S | S | ||||||||
| Difficulty socialising with child | S | S | S | |||||||
| Needing to plan ahead | S | |||||||||
*Participant numbers are presented in the order the interviews were conducted. S = spontaneously reported impacts, P probed impacts. Impacts were considered spontaneously reported unless explicitly probed (e.g. If they were asked about any social impacts and they reported cancelling plans, then ‘cancelling plans’ was considered a spontaneously reported impact. Bold letters indicate the first spontaneous report