Nursing staff’s responses to thematic content of patients’ expressed worries: observing communication in home care visits

Table 3 Themes and sub-themes by response sum-categories

Themes	Sub-themes	Emotion-focused responses (Adjusted Residual)	Content-focused responses (Adjusted Residual)	Ignoring/blocking responses (Adjusted Residual)
Relationships with others	Being a burden	11 (−3,1)*	23 (2,8)*	5 (0,3)
	Losing self-government	1 (0,2)	1 (0,1)	0 (−0,5)
	Losing social ties	13 (3,1)*	3 (− 3,0)*	2 (− 0,1)
	Sum, n (%)*	25 (42)	27 (46)	7 (12)
Health care-related issues	Exacerbating the problem	22 (0,0)	20 (0,0)	8 (−0,1)
	Unhelpful help	21 (0,0)	19 (0,0)	8 (0,1)
	Sum, n (%)	43 (44)	39 (40)	16 (16)
Aging and bodily impairment	Coping with existential challenges^a	149 (3,2)*	89 (0,3)	55 (− 4,0)*
	Expression of pain felt in the moment	45 (−3,2)*	38 (0-,3)	48 (4,0)*
	Sum, n (%)*	194 (46)	127 (30)	103 (24)
Life narratives and value issues	Life narratives	37 (1,0)	10 (−0,2)	4 (−1,3)
	Value issues	5 (−1,0)	2 (0,2)	2 (1,3)
	Sum, n (%)	42 (70)	12 (20)	6 (10)
Total responses^a	n = 641 (100%)	n = 304 (47%)	n = 205 (32%)	n = 132 (21%)

Percentages rounded to nearest whole percentage. Sum scores in italic indicate the number (%) of response categories for each main theme
*Fisher’s Exact Test showed a significant association between response sum-categories and sub-themes within “Relationships with others” (p = 0,009) and “Aging and bodily impairment” (p<0,001), respectively. Adjusted residuals indicate the association between sub-themes and response behaviour
^aThree expressions within Existential challenges were met by a double response leaving total number of responses as lager than total number of patient expressions of worries (Table 2)

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