Table 3 From meaning units to themes [35]
Examples of meaning units, condensed meaning units, sub-themes, and themes from the analysis of interviews with older home care patients in Norway | |||
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Meaning units | Condensed meaning units | Sub-themes | Themes |
‘They’re supposed to be looking after me, not just acting selfishly and looking at their watch’. ‘They should be focusing on me, that’s actually their job’. ‘I wish they would sit down a bit, so I can see they’re relaxed’. | Correspondence between body language and actions Time for each individual patient Person-centred care | Congruent communication Keeping calm on a busy day | Mental presence |
‘I want to decide when to go to bed myself, but they come and help me when they can’. ‘I can soon tell if there’s no contact. I just wish there were more people of the type I have real contact with!’ | A desire to be independent, but still dependent on help Patients relating differently to different health workers | Autonomy Closeness and distance | Having a say |