Table 1.
Medical Metaphors Frequency, Region and Topic
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Category
|
Percentage (N) | Not Reinforcing Unhelpful Thinking | Reinforcing Unhelpful Thinking | Region | Topic | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UE | LE | Other | Anatomy | Natural History of The Disease | Mechanism | Treatment | Other | ||||
| Sports & Leisure | 10% (15) | 73% (11) | 27% (4) | 74% (11) | 13% (2) | 13% (2) | 53% (8) | 27% (4) | 20% (3) | ||
| Nature and animals | 7% (11) | 82% (9) | 18% (2) | 73% (8) | 9% (1) | 18% (2) | 9% (1) | 54% (6) | 9% (1) | 28% (3) | |
| Electrical/tech | 5% (8) | 100% (8) | 0 | 38% (3) | 12% (1) | 50% (4) | 37% (3) | 13% (1) | 13% (1) | 26% (2) | |
| Food | 9% (14) | 71% (10) | 29% (4) | 57% (8) | 37% (3) | 37% (3) | 50% (7) | 14% (2) | 36% (5) | ||
| Mechanical | 27% (42) | 70% (29) | 30% (13) | 40% (17) | 29% (12) | 31% (13) | 45% (19) | 21% (9) | 34% (14) | ||
| Clothing & Materials | 7% (12) | 100% (12) | 0 | 83% (10) | 17% (2) | - | 8% (1) | 50% (6) | 17% (2) | 25% (3) | |
| Human Condition | 6% (9) | 89% (8) | 11% (1) | 56% (5) | 11% (1) | 33% (3) | 89% (8) | 11% (1) | |||
| Objects | 15% (24) | 83% (20) | 17% (4) | 50% (12) | 17% (4) | 33% (8) | 4% (1) | 38% (9) | 38% (9) | 16% (4) | 4% (1) |
| Other | 14% (22) | 68% (15) | 32% (7) | 32% (7) | 5% (1) | 63% (14) | 36% (8) | 18% (4) | 41% (9) | 5% (1) | |
| Total | 100% (157) | 78% (122) | 22% (35) | 54% (85) | 17% (27) | 29% (45) | 4% (6) | 46% (73) | 21% (33) | 27% (43) | 1% (2) |
UE = Upper Extremity; LE = Lower Extremity