Table 2 Themes and subthemes
From: Strength in numbers: patient experiences of group exercise within hospice palliative care
Themes | Sub themes | Codes |
|---|---|---|
Perception of hospice | Initial perceptions of hospice | Hospice as a place where people die |
Subsequent perception of hospice | Loss of anxiety about ‘hospice’ once attending regularly | |
Supportive relationships | Relationships with other patients, | Comparing self with other patients |
Competition with other patients | ||
Sadness at deterioration/death of others/own mortality | ||
Receive a ‘boost’ | ||
‘Boring’ if on own | ||
Being with others in similar position | ||
Sharing experiences/information | ||
Relationships with staff | Support/guidance of staff | |
Being ‘pushed’/encouraged by staff | ||
Permission ‘not to have to do’/protected | ||
Taking part in classes | Physical effect | Ability to do things, maintaining current level, not returning to previous disability |
Back to previous self/ doing things used to do before illness | ||
Wanting to improve strength/fitness | ||
Independence | ||
Exercises at home | ||
Tiredness, aches | ||
Working to own level/exercises adapted /progressed gradually/ No. in group and time on equipment | ||
Physical/ psychosocial effect | Therapeutic | |
Psychosocial and emotional effect | ‘Day out’ | |
Improved mood/given a boost | ||
Humour | ||
Increased confidence/Self esteem/self worth | ||
Opportunity to reflect | ||
Coping | ||
Expectations | Response to suggestion of class participation | |
Expectations/not knowing what to expect in classes |