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Table 3 Saturation Table Showing the Number of Interviews Endorsing Each Theme and Sub-Theme

From: What matters to children with lower limb deformities: an international qualitative study guiding the development of a new patient-reported outcome measure

Interviews (N = 79)

  

Canada Site - 1

USA

Canada Site -  2

Total (%)

India

Ethiopia

Total (%)

Themes

Sub-themes

1–5

6–10

11–16

17–21

22–26

27–31

32–37

38–42

43–47

 

48–52

53–57

58–62

63–67

68–72

73–77

78–79

 

Appearance

Appearance of body parts and scars

4

4

3

1

3

2

3

4

3

27 (47)

4

3

5

3

3

1

0

19 (59)

Appearance

Clothes

1

1

2

2

0

0

1

0

2

9 (17)

3

1

4

3

3

1

1

16 (50)

Appearance

Shoes and other devices

1

2

2

1

0

0

3

0

0

9 (17)

0

1

3

1

1

0

0

6 (19)

Physical Health

Physical Function

4

2

3

1

2

2

4

3

2

23 (40)

2

3

2

3

3

4

2

19 (59)

Physical Health

Symptoms

1

3

2

1

1

1

1

2

3

15 (30)

1

3

2

2

2

2

2

14 (44)

School

Function

1

1

3

0

0

0

2

0

0

7 (13)

1

1

1

3

3

4

1

14 (44)

School

Participation

1

3

2

1

0

0

2

1

1

11 (21)

2

2

2

2

2

1

1

12 (38)

School

Isolation

3

2

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

7 (9)

2

0

2

0

0

0

0

4 (13)

School

Environmental Barriers

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

2 (6)

Social

Social Function

2

1

1

1

0

1

1

3

2

12 (21)

3

2

2

2

2

3

2

16 (50)

Social

Isolation

2

2

3

1

2

1

2

1

1

15 (28)

3

4

3

4

4

3

1

22 (69)

Psychological Health

Body Image

2

4

3

1

1

1

2

3

0

17 (32)

2

2

3

3

3

2

1

16 (50)

Psychological Health

Distress

2

2

4

2

0

2

2

3

2

19 (36)

3

2

2

3

3

3

1

17 (53)

Psychological Health

Confidence and self-esteem

3

0

2

1

0

0

1

3

0

10 (15)

1

0

0

3

3

1

1

9 (28)

Mediating Factors

                  

Coping

0

1

3

0

0

0

0

1

0

5 (11)

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

1 (3)

Emotional Support

2

2

2

0

0

0

0

2

0

8 (17)

2

0

2

1

3

1

0

9 (28)

Instrumental Support

2

1

2

0

0

0

1

2

1

9 (19)

1

1

2

1

1

1

1

8 (25)