Table 3 Six steps of thematic analysis (Braun & Clarke 2006 [34])

Step 1

Familiarisation with the data

Step 2

Initial codes from raw data created and relevant data linked to that code

Step 3

Search for themes, organising into potential themes, and linking data to each particular theme

Step 4

Review of themes by checking against coded extracts from the dataset

Step 5

Themes fully defined and detailed analysis written about each

Step 6

Examples for each theme extracted and related back to research themes