Table 1 Examples of the coding process by examples of codes and meaning units in one subcategory in the main category ‘Concerns about the risk of infection and transmission of infection to others’
Main category | Subcategory | Examples of codes | Examples of meaning units |
|---|---|---|---|
Concerns about the risk of infection and transmission of infection to others | Fear of contracting SARS-CoV-2 | One nurse aid feels worried about his/her personal health when previously healthy persons are admitted to the ward | ‘At first I thought that these risk groups, well, they have these underlying conditions. But when someone is admitted who is healthy, and not old, and do not belong to a risk group and becomes seriously ill, then you come to relate to it more personally – it could have been me, it could have been my best friend!’ |
Initially fear of being infected by COVID-19 while cleaning on the COVID-19 ward but the fear decreased thanks to clear infection control instructions by the ward staff | ’I was afraid in the beginning, of cleaning patient rooms in the COVID-19 ward. I was afraid of getting infected but after a while I got used to it. I got good directives from the ward staff regarding infection control procedures.’ |