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Table 1 The steps during analysis, inspired by Graneheim and Lundmann

From: Patient experiences with patient-reported outcome measures: an interview study of patients undergoing total hip– and knee arthroplasty

All transcripts were read multiple times to obtain a sense of the whole

The text was divided into meaning units which were condensed

The process of abstraction involved labeling the condensed meaning units with codes

The codes were arranged into categories and subcategories, based on assessments of their similarities and differences

A process of reflection and discussion between LBM and LSM resulted in agreement about how to sort the codes into categories

Finally, the underlying meaning, that is, the latent content, of the categories was formulated into a theme