Table 3 Figure legends (conventions and abbreviations used in results)
Convention/abbreviation | Application |
|---|---|
Pseudonym | The pseudonym given to each participant is listed in Table 2 and follows any quote. This pseudonym may also be referred to in the analysis |
(Round brackets) | Surround the participant’s pseudonym in plain text, following a quote |
Text box, italics, and double quotation marks | Indicate direct quotes from participant interviews. There may be more than one related quote contained in each box, and a quote may be referred to elsewhere in the results where it is pertinent to more than one theme |
Three full stops… | Indicate where text has been removed from the quote for brevity, not to alter the meaning |
[Square brackets] | Contain questions from the researcher for clarification as to what the participant is referring to. For example, a particular medication to which they do not refer by name in that phrase |
(anti)*psychotic | The participant used psychotic and antipsychotic in place of each other throughout the interview |
QTc | Part of the ECG recording |
® | Used where participants referred to medication by brand name. The generic name of the medication is also included in square brackets, except for Clozaril® (clozapine) and Depixol® (flupentixol) |