Second, specific categories within the themes were identified to check for interpreter consensus concerning the assignment of text fragments to major themes.
After multiple readings of the data, emergent themes were identified and specific codes representing core themes or phenomena were developed.
Four themes were identified – diagnosis, disclosure, support and gender-specific information.
Themes were identified independently, and consensus established through discussion, focusing on specific excerpts.
Broad themes were identified by the research team as a basis to build specific policy recommendations.
Key themes were identified from the texts as a whole and from collations of responses to specific themes.
Key themes were identified from the transcripts as a whole and from collations of responses to specific questions.
Themes were identified by coding features of the data, then collating into relevant themes, before finalising the specifics of each theme [ 30].
Two themes were identified.
