Table 3 The coding process of interview records for participant S5.
Define code | Preliminary coding | Conceptual abstraction | Thematic analysis |
|---|---|---|---|
Concept/viewpoint | Category | Theme | Normal form |
1. Mother can arrange the daily life of the patient, even if the patient is unwilling. | The guardian has the right to decide the patient’s life | Limitations of life | The double-edged role of policy |
2. Patients are not allowed to walk around in the community. | Others have the right to decide the patient’s life | ||
3. Both the neighborhood committee and the police suggested the continuation of hospitalization. | |||
4. The guardian rents the patient’s house. | The guardian can deal with the patient’s property | Limited disposal of property | |
5. Patients diagnosed with schizophrenia have serious illness medical insurance, and they only need to pay a small portion of hospitalization expenses. | Low disease burden | ||
6. Inpatients in closed wards have few contacts. | Long-term hospitalization leads to a single environment | The need for social functions | Social needs |
7. I feel my thinking slows down after staying at home for a long time. | Reduced social interaction leads to mental inhibition | ||
8. I hope I can go out by myself. | Independent social activities | ||
9. When you feel bad, you need your friends. | The need for friendship | Interpersonal needs | |
10. Patients want to make arrangements by themselves. | Decide on your own | Sense of control | Psychological needs |
11. We hope to be aware of it in time before recurrence. | Insight into disease | ||
12. The patient felt that he or she could take the medicine on time, but the family did not believe it. | Social prejudice against patients | External stigma | Negative effects of stigma |
13. It is difficult for people with schizophrenia to find jobs. | |||
14. They do not want contact with acquaintances. | Patients’ inferiority complex | Internal stigma | |
15. The patient’s family experienced divorce and remarriage. | Complicated family structure | Different attitudes towards rehabilitation | The difficult family |
16. Mother quit her job to take care of the patient. | Household income fell sharply | Caregiver burden | |
17. My family felt that the patient’s ability was not enough. | Lack of confidence in patients | Negative family expectations | Influence of family interaction mode |
18. The dissatisfaction of family members should be kept in mind so as not to stimulate the patients. | Adopt the strategy of “blocking” emotions | Extreme emotional processing | |
19. In order to reduce “trouble”, patients are not allowed to go out alone. | Rigid rehabilitation methods | Negative coping behavior |
