Department of Nursing, Pukyong National University, Busan, Korea
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Step 1: After recurrent listening to recordings, the data was transcribed verbatim. All participants' descriptions of the phenomenon were consisted of a general outline.
Step 2: Among the statement of data, the interested phenomenon of the study spelled out the meaning of each significant statement and reflected the context with deliberation.
Step 3: Significant statements were summarized; 153 restatements by participant's language.
Step 4: From the153 restatements, 35 meanings were extracted. These extracted meanings were compared to original statements by identifying participants' experiences, for validity.
Step 5: A total of 22 themes were identified from previous extracted meanings. Then, seven theme clusters and three categories were organized.
Step 6: An exhaustive description relating themes to the interested phenomenon was written.
Step 7: For the essential structure of the study, there was a return to the participants for validation of the description. Eighteen participants identified each description and agreed with extracted themes by the study.
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