Table 1 a sample of formation of a category
Category | Subcategories | Examples of Codes | Examples of semantic units | Examples of quotations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Strengthening family ties | Increasing dependence and affection among family members | -Understanding the love in the family - Getting closer together -Understanding dependence | -Perceiving the intensity of a father’s interest in his children after a child was ill -The parents’ getting closer after the child’s disease -Perception of the family members’ love as a result of the disease | “Now, I understand how much my husband loves our children. When one of our children was hospitalized, my husband had a stroke and was hospitalized too ... Due to this, I am more interested in my husband than before; I think we are closer than before”. |
developing family members’ empathetic participation in caring patient | Participating in treatment Collaborating on care Collaborating on tasks | - following the treatment process of the patient by All family members -Cooperation of married children inpatient care -Patient care by all family members | - My sister takes my mother to the clinic every month; she keeps the date of visits. Physicians tell us about the doses of her medicines and I give her the medicines. - When we have some other things to do, my sister takes my mother to her house and her husband is very considerate of my mother. | |
Increasing support among family members | -Supporting others - Supported by others - Trying to support the caregiver | -Family members’ support of younger children -Children’s support for the father of the family -The children’s efforts to reduce the burden on the father of the family | “My father and older siblings took care of the younger children”. “As we got older, we paid a lot of attention to my father and helped him to reduce the burden on his shoulders”. |