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There are no clear guidelines on the number of NG's to reach saturation, e.g. the point at which no new information or themes are observed in the data.
In qualitative inquiry, sample size relies on the concept of "saturation" which is the point at which no new information or themes are observed in the data [ 25].
Research by Guest et al. demonstrated that saturation, the point at which no new information or themes are observed in the data, occurred within the first twelve interviews [ 33].
At least 10 interviews will be conducted which should allow for variability of responses and data saturation (the point at which no new information or themes are observed in the data).
This process is repeated until saturation, or the point at which no new information or themes are observed in the data [ 40] – and until "reportable interpretations" ([ 35], pg. 180) are reached.
Instead, in our thematic analysis we found that saturation, or the point at which no new information or themes are observed in the data was evident after 9 in-depth interviews, and that basic elements for metathemes occurred as early as five interviews.
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Six themes were observed.
The process continued until no new themes were observed.
Four main themes were observed regarding patients' experiences with ICTS.
Nonetheless, consistency of themes was observed amongst the various studies included.
Similar themes were observed within the gene ontology process annotation data.
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