Sentence examples for themes was checked from inspiring English sources

Conceptual consistency of the themes was checked and minimal differences found were resolved through discussion.

The coding of themes was checked for 10% of studies by a second researcher.

The consistency of major themes was checked by comparing data from in-depth interviews and focus groups, from participants working in different municipalities and from nurses and managers.

Subsequently, the content of the created sub-themes and main themes were checked.

Robustness of the synthesis was investigated and themes were checked for completeness.

These themes were checked for validity by the second author and after discussion, consensus was reached on the themes.

The themes were checked against the codes extracted before defining the themes supported by extracts from the transcriptions.

During the data analysis the emergent themes were checked by the two other authors (GLJ and SJW).

The final themes were checked and validated by an additional member of one of the study teams (MR), and verbatim extracts were selected to illustrate each theme.

Recurrent themes were checked for group to group validation (a theme had to be recognized by at least two focus groups) and contradictive data were sought.

30 It was not possible to have a second researcher code the transcripts, however, the codes and the themes were checked by the two coauthors.