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Table 1 Walker and Avant concept analysis steps

From: An exploration of self-management support in the context of palliative nursing: a modified concept analysis

Step

Used in this concept analysis

1. Select the concept

Yes (dictionary definition-methods)

2. Determining the aim or purpose of the analysis

Yes (research question and aim-methods)

3. Identifying all the known uses of the concept

Yes (literature review-methods and results)

4. Determining the defining attributes

Yes (literature review- results)

5. Identifying a model case (“real life” example, which contains all of the critical attributes

No

6. Identifying any of the borderline, related, contrary, invented and illegitimate cases

No

7. Identifying antecedents and consequences

Yes (literature review- results)

8. Identifying empirical referents