|
Theme
|
# of Passages*
|
# of Documents**
|
|---|
|
- Recovery at home
|
48
|
5
|
|
- Pain control***
|
10
|
3
|
|
- Recovery in hospital
|
21
|
5
|
|
- Post-surgical appearance
|
20
|
5
|
|
- Emotional impact of surgery
|
18
|
5
|
|
- Coping***
|
12
|
4
|
|
- Impact on activities
|
14
|
4
|
|
- Instrumentation***
|
11
|
4
|
|
- School
|
13
|
4
|
|
- Social interactions***
|
13
|
4
|
|
- Friends***
|
11
|
2
|
|
- Making the decision to have surgery
|
11
|
4
|
|
- Being in the operating room
|
8
|
2
|
|
- Future worries
|
7
|
2
|
- * # of Passages is the number of times that each theme was coded across all documents.
- ** # of Documents defined as the number of focus groups and interviews (max of 5) in which the theme emerged.
- *** Some themes were grouped together when discussed here as they are inter-related; however each theme was coded (and counted) independently.
