Table 2.

The extracted sub-categories, categories, and themes from the interviews and observations

Sub-categories	Categories	Themes
Denial of illness	Inability to cope with treatment	Barriers to treatment adherence
Disease concealment
Discontinuation of medication due to adverse effects
Financial burden of treatment	Challenges in access to health care
Difficulties in scheduling appointments
Transportation barriers
Hope for recovery	Incentives	Facilitators of treatment adherence
Combining faith with action
Fear of the consequences of not pursuing treatment
Family support	Receiving support
Peer support
Interaction with and medical guidance from the treatment team
Acceptance of illness	Striving to adapt to illness
Having medication reminder systems to overcome forgetfulness
Periodic health visits
Doubts on treatment effectiveness	Inadequate patient education	Missing aspects of the treatment program
Discontinuation of treatment after remission
Inadequate treatment awareness
Neglect of physical activity	Neglect of lifestyle modification
Lack of a balanced diet
Inadequate management of psychological distress