Table 4.
Overlapping dimensions
| (Sub)dimension | Overlap | n | % | Example quote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self-care (washing) | Usual activities | 2 | 13 | 010: Washing myself is a usual activity, I don't have any problem with it |
| Anxiety | Discomfort | 2 | 13 | 003: That is right, these [anxiety and discomfort] are the same since anxiety is a kind of discomfort when one cannot relax because of what the others may say… |
| Depression | Discomfort | 1 | 6 | 005: The weather also affects the depression a bit, because when it is so ugly, foggy and gloomy weather this is so depressing for me |
| Skin irritation* | Pain | 1 | 6 | 011: It is painful since it [my scalp] has been stretching |
| Discomfort | 3 | 19 | 004: I rather have a moderate discomfort, I do not have much pain in my joints, the patches do not hurt either, they rather itch | |
| Self-confidence* | Anxiety | 2 | 13 | 003: Anxiety could also belong to the self-confidence, because whoever does not have self-confidence they are probably anxious |
| Depression | 2 | 13 | 009: Self-confidence overlaps a bit with depression. It might be possible to rephrase 'depression' to ask if it causes lack of self-confidence |
* In total, three patients reported an overlap between skin irritation and pain/discomfort and three patients between self-confidence and anxiety/depression