Table 3 Categories of Actors acting on the patients, absolute numbers, relative frequencies and examples
Actor | Frequency | % | Instance |
|---|---|---|---|
Healthcare personnel (doctors, nurses, secretary …) | 37 | 37.0 | Would you then rotate me to another chemo? Yeah. Will |
Carer, family and friend | 17 | 17.0 | [Carer] can look after me. |
Actor not mentioned | 10 | 10.0 | I thought I was booked for Saturday. |
Medication | 10 | 10.0 | … they block me up. |
Pain, symptoms and side-effects | 7 | 7.0 | … it wakes me. |
Treatment | 4 | 4.0 | The chemo has knocked me rotten. |
Actors related to patient’s social life | 4 | 4.0 | It (the trolley) threw me on the road backwards. |
Governmental Actors | 3 | 3.0 | … because they want to move me out you know. |
Conversation | 2 | 2.0 | I’m less confronted by it than I was in my first or second week herea. |
Insurance | 2 | 2.0 | My insurance covers meb. |
Cancer | 1 | 1.0 | I knew from 12 that cancer was going to take me. |
Medical device | 1 | 1.0 | Because it (the portacath) didn’t give me pain I’m not going to worry. |
Medical procedure | 1 | 1.0 | (A transfusion may help) boost me up a bit for a while? |
Past experiences | 1 | 1.0 | But I think it prepared me a lot for life. |
Total | 100 | 100.0 |