Table 1.

Interpretive phenomenological analysis[12]

Step 1: Each researcher read the first transcript multiple times to become immersed in the text.[15,16] By doing this, the researchers were able to explore the true essence of the participants’ words and allow them to guide the analysis process.25

Step 2: Each researcher individually conducted a line-by-line coding process in which single meaning units were generated.[16] Throughout this step, the researchers continued to reflect on the research question while generating meaning units to ensure the data analysis directly answered the research question.[26] The researchers continued this step for the remainder of the interviews. Researchers then used investigator triangulation by meeting confirm the findings, add breadth to the phenomenon of interest, and ensured thematic saturation was reached.

Step 3: The researchers reviewed all the meaning units from the seven interviews and identified emerging themes that addressed the research question.[26]

Adapted from Karyczak, et al., 2020[12]