Analysis began with an independent reading, coding, and categorizing themes of the transcripts by all three authors.
In order to systematically review comments two reviewers (JWB and JJ) developed a coding system to categorize themes and sub-themes.
Analytic induction involved the iterative testing of theoretical ideas, which was used to refine and categorize themes grounded in the data while emerging themes were evaluated in dialogue with existing social science theory.
Two independent coders coded the manuscripts and assessed inter-coder reliability, and the authors used an "editing approach" to qualitative analysis to identify and categorize themes relating to the research aim.
We used three major categories to categorize themes according to the theoretical model: attitudes towards development, subjective norms towards screening, and perceived behavioral control towards implementing screening practices in the primary care setting.
Rather than categorizing themes separately for HF and COPD patients, they were combined into a single category, as several previous studies have combined the results for HF and COPD patients regarding the impact and perceptions of telehealth [ 19, 22, 39].
The major identified themes were categorized into themes of trafficking and reintegration; challenges and subthemes in relation to gender, stigma, poverty, coping, problems, and health were assessed and are presented in the 'Results' section of this paper.
Codes were categorized and themes and sub-themes were identified.
The responses were categorized into themes and sub-themes using context analysis.
