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Table 2 The process of the analysis

From: Operating room nurses’ experiences of limited access to daylight in the workplace – a qualitative interview study

Meaning units

Open coding

Code

Subcategories

Generic categories

I am sitting, staring outside … that’s probably all the light we’ll get during our lunch hour …

Try to access the daylight that you can get

Daylight perceived to do good, physically

Having access to daylight

Difference in light

During lunch hour … the fact that you can look outside and see the daylight. I think it has a physical affect on me …

Try to access the daylight that you can get

 

Having access to daylight

Difference in light

… but it was hard at first, to not be able to see the light or get any daylight on your skin …

Very difficult to have limited access to light

Want to be able to look outside

Access to the surrounding world

Contact with the outer world