Triangulating perspectives on functional neuroimaging for disorders of mental health

BMC Psychiatry

Table 4 Interviews with consumers

Coded themes/Subthemes	Number of interviews in	Coded themes/Subthemes	Number of interviews in
	which coded themes and		which coded themes and
	subthemes occur/total N		subthemes occur/ total N
	(N = 28)		(N = 28)
Source of information		Impact of scan
Popular media	20	Change of treatment	18
Professional sources	5	Better treatment	10
Word of mouth	4	Relief or quality of life	18
Motivation to seek scan		Better understanding of disorder	14
Objective diagnosis	23	Improved self-attitude	13
Better understanding	14	Sense of empowerment	11
Better treatment	11	Acceptance by others	11
Skepticism - psychiatry	11	Increased hope	10
Undiagnosed concerns	8	Belief in diagnosis	6
No other options	5	Decreased stigma	5
Legal reason	2	Decreased hope	4
Concerns about the scan		None (explicitly)	2
Cost	13	Worse self-attitude	1
Radiation	6	No change in treatment	1
Meaningfulness	4	Decreased compliance	1
Unexpected bad news	3	Evaluation
Lack of insurance	3	Expectations fully met	22
Claustrophobia	2	Would do it again	22
Uninformative findings	2	Worth the cost	8
Confidentiality	1	Expectations partly met	5
Change in therapy	1	Would not do it again	1
Results received		Overall experience
New primary diagnosis	12	Positive	25
Confirmation of existing diagnosis	11	Negative	3
New secondary diagnosis	11
Exclusion of a suspected diagnosis	2
None (explicitly)	2

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