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Table 3 Number of participants who contributed data to creating codes and categories

From: Intensive care unit (ICU) diaries and the experiences of patients’ families: a grounded theory approach in a lower middle-income country (LMIC)

Codes and Categories

No. of participants

Diary Design

18

Sharing Information about the diary

25

Staff entries

12

Staff entry feelings

20

Effect of lack of confidentiality

26

New knowledge from using the diary

21

Connection with patient course- Information

22

Your feelings of writing- continuity/ reliving/ novelty

27

Why you wrote- Emotional Support/ Communication

18

Content of Diary- Documentation/ Introducing/ Expression

21

Use of Dairy- Neighbours/ Bonding/ Reliving

27