Table 1 An example of the structural analysis and themes
From: Women’s lived experiences of learning to live with osteoporosis: a longitudinal qualitative study
Meaningful units what is said ‘Quotes’ | ↔ | Significant units what is spoken about (primary interpretation) | ↔ | Sub themes | ↔ | Themes emissions of key themes |
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(1st interview round) ‘I am confused; I do not know what might harm. (…) I want to do preventive things as much as possible. (…)Does it takes ten years to develop a fracture or how fast? How unfortunate can I be? Will something suddenly break? Many people are having pain, that is turning around in my head after I have been told that I have osteoporosis’ | being insecure when wanting to prevent uncertain consequences | Lifestyle reflection | Daily life with osteoporosis | |||