Table 2 Description of the main categories and respective frequencies
From: Individual quality of life in patients with multiple myeloma
Nr. | Main category | Description (including the inductively formed first categories) | Absolute frequency | Percenta |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1) | “Personal social relationships” | Personally relevant social contacts, including the categories ‘family‘, ‘spouse‘, ‘children‘, ‘grandchildren‘, ‘friends‘ | 94 ** | 29.4 |
2) | “Health” | Terms or descriptions related to physical and psychological state; including the categories ‘absence of pain and other symptoms‘, ‘mobility‘, ‘positive psychological state‘, ‘physical fitness‘ | 69 | 21.6 |
3) | “Leisure” | Leisure activities like “hiking”, “hunt”; including the categories ‘sport‘, ‘music‘, ‘cultural activities‘, ‘travelling‘ | 36 | 11.3 |
4) | “Independence” | Terms and descriptions for independence/self-determination/autonomy/self-reliance | 19 | 5.9 |
5) | “Financial situation” | Terms and descriptions regarding the personal financial situation, financial security, financial independence etc. | 17 | 5.3 |
6) | “Spirituality” | Terms and descriptions related to faith, religion, religious practice | 17 | 5.3 |
7) | “Work” | Also: “job” or descriptions of the professional activity, as well as naming the own business | 16 | 5.0 |
8) | “Home” | Also: “feeling comfortable at home”, “my home”, descriptions of home and of positive associations | 13 | 4.1 |
9) | “Relation to nature” | Descriptions of affinity with nature, enjoying closeness to nature, including the category ‘garden‘ | 10 | 3.1 |
10) | “Other” | Once or singularly (less than four times) named areas of life (not matching any of the main categories) | 29 | 9.1 |