Department of Nursing, Pukyong National University, Busan, Korea
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Step 1: After repeated listening, record data were transcribed verbatim.
Step 2: Among the statement, related phenomenon of the study spelled out and identified 246 significant statements.
Step 3: Significant statements were summarized restatements by participants' language.
Step 4: From the 246 restatements, 47 meanings were extracted. These extracted meanings were compared to the original statement by identifying participants' experiences for validity. This process was progressed by a professor for objective validity.
Step 5: Thirty-one themes were identified from previous extracted meanings. Then, eight theme clusters and four categories were organized.
Step 6: Tried to write an exhaustive description by relating themes to interested phenomenon.
Step 7: For constructing essential structure, there was a return to participants for validation of the description. Nine participants identified their each description and agreed extracted themes.
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