Table 2 Table of codes, subcategories, categories and themes
Theme | Being on top of disease management | Ability to promote own health | Awareness of own goals and expectations | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cate-gory | Medical management | Promoting own health | Goals | Expectations | ||||
Sub cate-gory | Knowledge of medical condition and treatment | Responsibility for disease and treatment | Skills to master medical condition | Manoeuvring health care system | Responsibility for own health | Knowledge to promote own health | ||
Code | Knowledge of body, diagnose and treat-ment Knowing medications Knowing medical procedures Knowing equipment Knowing when to seek help Knowing impact of medical condition | Gaining respon-sibility for treatment Taking respon-sibility for medication Taking respon-sibility for treatment Complying to treatment plan | Gaining experience to handle medical aspects | Manoeuvring mental health services Knowledge and skills for adult services | Increased responsibility for own health Promoting and maintaining good health Taking care of own health | Knowing benefits of lifestyle choices Being aware of own health | Becoming aware of own goals | Idea of normality clashes with demands Living life like “everyone else” Questioning life with a disease Denial of disease Becoming aware of own expectations |